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November 26, 2013 3:51:12 PM

I am building a new gaming pc and I understand that you have to install drivers for your motherboard and for your graphics card. On the gigabyte website, there are no driver downloads for linux, only windows. I don't want to pay for windows so I will be using Ubuntu. My question is: How do I install drivers for linux if there are no downloads?

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November 26, 2013 3:56:08 PM

what the model of your motherboard most vendors use standard drivers and you have to get them from intel or the sound card or Ethernet vendor.
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November 26, 2013 4:02:26 PM

smorizio said:
what the model of your motherboard most vendors use standard drivers and you have to get them from intel or the sound card or Ethernet vendor.


It's a Gigabyte 970A-D3P
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November 27, 2013 10:14:05 AM

@TheGarza,

Did you try clicking on "More Info"?

If you go with Linux, start with something more user-friendly. Folks here would recommend Linux Mint, my personal choice is KDE variant of Ubuntu (Kubuntu).
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November 27, 2013 10:57:57 AM

TheGarza:

Under linux it is not the same as in windows. You probably will not need additional drivers. Ubuntu 13.10 contains drivers for most current hardware.

You should first try to boot into Ubuntu 13.10 and see if everything works.
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November 27, 2013 1:05:55 PM

Ignore everything that smorizio posted - it is irrelevant. Skittle is correct; you almost certainly will not need additional drivers. And Ubuntu is a fine choice (if not my particular favourite) of distribution.

Your best bet is to download a Live DVD and boot from that. That will alow you to check that all your hardware is working, but it will be slower than a hard disk install. If all seems OK then you can install to your hard disk.

It's really much easier than it sounds; the best thing to do is just try it.
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November 27, 2013 6:19:43 PM

Ijack said:
Ignore everything that smorizio posted - it is irrelevant. Skittle is correct; you almost certainly will not need additional drivers. And Ubuntu is a fine choice (if not my particular favourite) of distribution.

Your best bet is to download a Live DVD and boot from that. That will alow you to check that all your hardware is working, but it will be slower than a hard disk install. If all seems OK then you can install to your hard disk.

It's really much easier than it sounds; the best thing to do is just try it.


I have Ubuntu on a USB, after I install it I am almost positive I have to download the updated drivers for my motherboard and graphics card. The reason I posted this is because the Gigabyte website where I download drivers, does not have download links for Ubuntu.
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November 27, 2013 11:11:33 PM

"I am almost positive I have to download the updated drivers for my motherboard and graphics card."

What makes you think that? Any updates that you need are best downloaded via the Ubuntu software manager. I believe, by default, it checks for updates automatically.

You do not need to download any drivers from Gigabyte; as you have discovered, there aren't any.
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November 28, 2013 12:39:33 AM

TheGarza said:
Ijack said:
Ignore everything that smorizio posted - it is irrelevant. Skittle is correct; you almost certainly will not need additional drivers. And Ubuntu is a fine choice (if not my particular favourite) of distribution.

Your best bet is to download a Live DVD and boot from that. That will alow you to check that all your hardware is working, but it will be slower than a hard disk install. If all seems OK then you can install to your hard disk.

It's really much easier than it sounds; the best thing to do is just try it.


I have Ubuntu on a USB, after I install it I am almost positive I have to download the updated drivers for my motherboard and graphics card. The reason I posted this is because the Gigabyte website where I download drivers, does not have download links for Ubuntu.


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after I install it


Which is another way of saying it was working off the USB right? If it works there the drivers are already installed. Trust in skittle. When it comes to hardware he's the best here. If he tells you to jump in a lake, get out a map...:D 
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November 28, 2013 5:59:39 AM

stillblue said:
TheGarza said:
Ijack said:
Ignore everything that smorizio posted - it is irrelevant. Skittle is correct; you almost certainly will not need additional drivers. And Ubuntu is a fine choice (if not my particular favourite) of distribution.

Your best bet is to download a Live DVD and boot from that. That will alow you to check that all your hardware is working, but it will be slower than a hard disk install. If all seems OK then you can install to your hard disk.

It's really much easier than it sounds; the best thing to do is just try it.


I have Ubuntu on a USB, after I install it I am almost positive I have to download the updated drivers for my motherboard and graphics card. The reason I posted this is because the Gigabyte website where I download drivers, does not have download links for Ubuntu.


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after I install it


Which is another way of saying it was working off the USB right? If it works there the drivers are already installed. Trust in skittle. When it comes to hardware he's the best here. If he tells you to jump in a lake, get out a map...:D 

No but I'm saying I need to download the updated drivers to get all the performance out of my parts.
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November 28, 2013 6:25:26 AM

Is there something in particular not working up to specs?

If you installed ubuntu 13.10 you have a version less than 2 months old with the latest drivers available at that time. Updating the drivers, if any are available, is done through the update manager. It will check for new updates of all your software, including the drivers. There really isn't a need or you to do this manually. You could I suppose go one by one with your chipsets and look for something but really unless something specific is not working i can't imagine trying.
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November 28, 2013 6:39:35 AM

stillblue said:
Is there something in particular not working up to specs?

If you installed ubuntu 13.10 you have a version less than 2 months old with the latest drivers available at that time. Updating the drivers, if any are available, is done through the update manager. It will check for new updates of all your software, including the drivers. There really isn't a need or you to do this manually. You could I suppose go one by one with your chipsets and look for something but really unless something specific is not working i can't imagine trying.
This is so http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4...
Scroll down at it says choose your OS: but they don't list Ubuntu, only windows.

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November 28, 2013 7:23:19 AM

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1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.


Ubuntu does it for you. Unless there is a specific element not working, in which case we go to the chipset manufacturer's site, there's really nothing for you to do.

If you wish to add proprietary drivers right click the start icon (top right corner) system settings--software and updates--additional drivers and see if it finds something in use that needs one.
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November 28, 2013 8:15:20 AM

There doesn't seem to be a lot of point, as a newcomer to Linux, in asking a question here and then arguing with three people who (you can check from past posts on this forum) do have some idea of what they are talking about wrt Linux. I'm out.
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