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URDRWHO
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I know --- I know.
It was late, a bit of wine....I was just ranting.
The people that make the drivers are addicted to MS and don't care.
How I get the drivers in question? I go to the Ubuntu Additional Drivers icon, click on it, the search begins and it will show the Nvidia and Broadcom drivers to install.
What happens is that the Broadcom won't finish the download process and then the software index gets broken.
It was late, a bit of wine....I was just ranting.
The people that make the drivers are addicted to MS and don't care.
How I get the drivers in question? I go to the Ubuntu Additional Drivers icon, click on it, the search begins and it will show the Nvidia and Broadcom drivers to install.
What happens is that the Broadcom won't finish the download process and then the software index gets broken.
Your frustration is understandable, but as I see things, there are two problems:
Misunderstanding
You are blaming the wrong people. Lack of support for a few drivers is not the fault of Linux systems. It is the fault of a small number of companies that refuse to include open source software for their hardware. If the large oil companies were to refuse to supply small towns with petrol, resulting in a shortage of fuel for the town's cars, the fault would not lie with the companies that make the vehicles.
User error
Distributions like Ubuntu and Mint provide all the drivers they can, including proprietary crapware. So unless you have really exotic hardware, you must be doing something wrong. It would be helpful if you provided details of:
1) Which drivers you are trying to install, including where you are getting them from: the distro's package repository or an outside source.
2) How you are trying to install them. (Exact details. They will help others narrow down the possible problem.)