How to get Nvidia drivers for Linux and how to install them ? !

Looking for a place to get nvidia drivers ? I will show you where to get them.

Nvidia has a page listing all the downloads for their drivers of different linux versions. Here you can download a driver specific for your linux OS.


Here is the link.


This is how the site looks like when the time of this writing this post.

The download gives you a file with .run as extenstion. For example "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.run". The numbers change depending on version. To install it you have to make it executable first.


First open a terminal and change the working directory to the folder that has the run file.

cd folder_name

then make it executable using this command

chmod +x file_name.run

The file name changes depending on some factors. But it mostly looks like the above example. If it doesn't work and givers permission denied as error. then try again with sudo.


sudo chmod +x file_name.run

Using sudo will ask for your root password. Type it and press enter.

Now finally type this command.

./file_name.run

After this the executable either automatically installs or opens a window with options on how to install. Follow the installer's instructions and soon you will have installed the Nvidia graphics drivers.

How to get Nvidia drivers for Linux and how to install them ? !

Looking for a place to get nvidia drivers ? I will show you where to get them.

Nvidia has a page listing all the downloads for their drivers of different linux versions. Here you can download a driver specific for your linux OS.


Here is the link.


This is how the site looks like when the time of this writing this post.

The download gives you a file with .run as extenstion. For example "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-367.27.run". The numbers change depending on version. To install it you have to make it executable first.


First open a terminal and change the working directory to the folder that has the run file.

cd folder_name

then make it executable using this command

chmod +x file_name.run

The file name changes depending on some factors. But it mostly looks like the above example. If it doesn't work and givers permission denied as error. then try again with sudo.


sudo chmod +x file_name.run

Using sudo will ask for your root password. Type it and press enter.

Now finally type this command.

./file_name.run

After this the executable either automatically installs or opens a window with options on how to install. Follow the installer's instructions and soon you will have installed the Nvidia graphics drivers.

Ubuntu like network setting manager in Fedora 20

Quick Update:

I used fedora a long time back, one of the problems that bugs me is i can't find the network editor to change the settings. I am not saying that it is not available in fedora. It is not in a single click reach like in ubuntu. The problem still prevails in Fedora 20.

So i went on to find a easy way to access it and here it is, i finally found one.

Open your terminal in fedora (GUI users don't panic) and type the following command

nm-connection-editor

and press enter.

 A small window named network connections opens. It is same as the ubuntu network editor. Now use it to set your network settings for internet or intranet.

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My failed ubuntu 14.04 upgrade

While upgrading from ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 I accidentally pressed back the back button in a step when asked for creating a username. My installed ubuntu OS crashed. Luckily i backed up my data from it before upgrading. So nothing was lost. Don't worry, the install later worked properly when i tried properly. But you guys be careful and take precautions while installing it and don't forget to backup data first.

How to make a DSL connection through terminal (Puppy Linux or Slax Linux)

DSL Connection through Terminal:

 

Short info on what is a DSL modem

      A digital subscriber line or a DSL modem is a device used to connect a computer or at times a router to a telephone line which provides the subscriber connection to the Internet, and it is commonly called a DSL broadband.

What are the requirements  to make a successful DSL connection ?

How to install and use Slax Linux

Slax Linux (Nick-named as pocket operating system)

What is Slax Linux and how to use it ?

 Slax Linux is a small and light-weight operating system which is based on slackware. It can be booted from a Live-CD or a USB. Slax Linux has a small size of over 200MB. Unlike other linux operating systems which focus on hard disk installation, Slax works completely from a USB and needs no particular installation or dedicated partition. You don't have to create a new partition for installing Slax. You can boot it from a pendrive and the changes you made are stored in the pendrive for later use.

Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux:

 What is Puppy Linux 

Puppy Linux is a light-weight operating system with main focus on ease-of-use for the regular user. It has a small size of nearly 150-200 MB depending on the version and is small enough to be used from a 512 MB pendrive. It runs entirely from ram and so is faster than other Live-CD distros. Despite of being small it has all the basic softwares that we generally see in a normal linux distro. It has Gparted for partition management, seamonkey and opera for net browsing, pidgin for chatting, ROX-filer for file and window management and a very stable user interface. Installing it is lot easier and faster than most linux distros. See the steps below.