- OS: Ubuntu 18.04
actually just now just found that
tomreyn: I don't think you're going to get good support if you're running Ubuntu as your only O/S, it's a bit of a limitation
pragmaticenigma: i can't get good support on any of my machines, they always keep falling over.
i was told there's #snappy, but i haven't bothered.
tomreyn: Snappy is a project designed to create more robust OSes that are more easily fixed. Ubuntu was not intended to be that
tomreyn: if you're really not comfortable with virtualbox, you could dual boot with something else
tomreyn: I'd check #snappy first... I know there are people there that might be able to help with the "snappy" kernel module
Ben64: i don't really want to dual boot, this is a laptop
pragmaticenigma: i'll be more comfortable with virtualbox than with some proprietary drivers, that's not the same thing.
i.e. i don't actually prefer free software, i just prefer one over the other.
tomreyn: Again, that's not what I meant... Snappy is intended to be a development platform for creating more robust OSes. Ubuntu wasn't designed to be that either, there are many community members that don't agree with the direction Ubuntu was moving and created something to take their place
nacc: nvidia-340 is in cosmic and bionic-proposed. Nvidia-340 is the version in use in ubuntu 18.04.3 (18.04.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1).
Bashing-om: ack, thanks
nacc: See:
Launchpad bug 1765815 in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 (Ubuntu) "nvidia-340 (340.107) fails to boot the
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