Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-properties (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04.3LTS, and the options I have for my nvidia driver are shown in the screenshot.
I dont understand why I have the option for an older, untested version of the driver as well as the latest version. Also, the wording of these options is highly technical and not very meaningful to someone who just wants the latest driver.
I would be better to have just 2 options, with labels more meaningful to the end user like:
* Latest official Nvidia driver (proprietary)
* Latest Nouveau driver (open source)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: software-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-55-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Aug 11 13:32:43 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-11 (1002 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-24 (351 days ago)
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Olivier Tilloy (osomon) |
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Olivier Tilloy (osomon) → nobody |
Converted to a question, as the provided screenshot seems like an expected additional driver situation