So to follow up, I had erroneously added the wrong repo and that is why I wasn't getting the proper drivers made available in the "Software and Updates" section. I apologize for wasting your time.
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 12:27 AM Linux O'Beardly <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to xUbuntu. I've been a Debian user for over 20 years, and as of > recent have mostly been using MX Linux and/or Devuan. I recently purchased > a new laptop, the Asus Tuf 505DU-EB74 with a Ryzen 7 3750H (RX Vega 10 GPU) > and a Nvidia GTX 1660ti. None of my current systems will install cleanly, > and even after manually rolling a new kernel, I could not get most of the > hardware to function properly. After installing xUbuntu on this machine, > and then updating the kernel with Ukuu, which worked flawlessly, everything > seemed to work as expected. However, given the fact it has a monster video > card in it, I was hoping to install a proprietary driver to be able to game > on it. However, when I go to "Software and Updates" and hit the > "Additional Drivers" tab, there are no drivers available. The OS obviously > recognizes the card as it uses the nouveau driver, but it confuses me as to > why it doesn't offer more options? Is this one of those things where I need > to add an additional repository? Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > -- > Linux O'Beardly > @LinuxOBeardly > http://o.beard.ly > [email protected] > -- Linux O'Beardly @LinuxOBeardly http://o.beard.ly [email protected]
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