Public bug reported:
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-properties-gtk 0.96.24.32.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-55.60-generic 4.15.18
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)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-24 (351 days ago)
** Affects: software-properties (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
** Attachment added: "nvidia.png"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1839756/+attachment/5281973/+files/nvidia.png
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Title:
Nvidia driver options are not easy to understand
Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
New
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-properties-gtk 0.96.24.32.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-55.60-generic 4.15.18
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)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-24 (351 days ago)
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