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Should your machine make use of graphics (such as NVidia) or networking (such as BCM) hardware that doesn’t work well with open source drivers, you may need to install additional (proprietary) drivers to get the most out of your system. When you click Close, apt will update so the new repository (and its software) is available. When prompted, enter your sudo password and click Authenticate
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In order to enable this particular repository, do the following:Ĭlick on Slingshot (the Applications menu in the upper left corner)Ĭlick on Software & Updates when it appearsĬlick to enable Canonical Partners (Figure 1) Enabling this particular repository will add a number of important software titles to your Software Center, such as Skype, adobe-flashplugin, and even media codecs. There’s plenty of great software available… but from a repository not enabled by default. These tweaks and installations will cover a lot of ground and help your installation go from great to incredible in just a few short steps. If you want to skip the exploration phase and get right to the tweaking of Elementary OS Freya, I have a short list of things you should immediately do, upon finalizing your installation. But as you dig a bit deeper, you find there are certain aspects that require a bit of tweaking or additional software. It’s rock solid, elegant, and easy enough for anyone to use. There’s a reason for that…Elementary OS Freya is one of the hottest Linux distributions available at the moment. The more you use it, the more you like it. So you’ve installed Elementary OS Freya and found it pretty rock solid.