There's a bug for that: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1078100
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Jeremy Bicha <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 November 2012 10:39, Brandon Watkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've seen quite a few new ubuntu users having a lot of trouble finding the >> correct place to install proprietary drivers in ubuntu 12.10, since it was >> moved into software sources. >> >> "Software Sources" doesn't really mean anything to a novice user and they do >> not think to look there to install their proprietary drivers. >> >> When they can't find how to install their drivers via the gui, they google, >> find some outdated commandline instructions, bork their system, and then >> complain how hard it is to install drivers in ubuntu. >> >> It should somehow be made more obvious and discoverable where to get >> nvidia/ati drivers. > > One solution would be that we just add Keywords as "breadcrumbs" when > we move functionality or rename something. That may even be > backportable to 12.10. Although it would technically be new strings, > those new strings are only used for searching and aren't really > user-visible. > > There's still the bigger question of whether configuring drivers > should be in "Software Sources". > > Jeremy -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
