It protects devices from certain types of malware but it also complicates things.

What it all means is that you will need permission (signed binary) from Redmond if you want to mess with the boot process. Not so long ago Microsoft (I know they love Linux now) decided to make things difficult and introduced secure boot. You will need to launch the additional drivers’ app and install the Intel firmware.It will also add the Intel repository in /etc/apt/ for future updates The installer will download and install the drivers for you.Once it has finished downloading, double-click on the installer and click on begin.For most people, the 64-bit installer should do it.Go to the web Intel Website drivers website and download the installer for your platform.This part is easy and well documented all over the web. You need a graphics driver made by the people who made your graphics card. YouTube videos flicker, you cannot make screencasts, you cannot take screenshots without kittens dying on your screen, your software is busy chewing through some of your processor’s power instead of the GPU wasting resources. When you come back you are met with a black screen no matter what you do. Often times lacking proper drivers can be catastrophic for example you want to close your laptop lid and go for a break. A rubbish desktop that is not so crisp looking, resolution not living up to its billing etc.

Some of the annoyances of not installing graphic drivers are quite cosmetic. The developers at Ubuntu have worked really hard to make sure that you will have some sort of working desktop even when there are no drivers. Why do I need this driver anyway?Īfter installing Ubuntu your system will be using open source graphics. In other versions, support only lasts for 9 months. It’s an LTS (Long Term Support) edition which will receive updates until April 2021. List your products for free Why Ubuntu 16.04?

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