Thread: Ubuntu on Samsung Series 7 chronos

hello everyone,
hope can guide me through set of things want on mentioned model.

have installed ubuntu on because i'm total beginner, don't know how configure in order take advantage of features.
have read few articles none of them clear enough should do.

first of all
1 article mentions installing nvidia drivers(instead of default ones) on ubuntu increase battery life. how can this?
, there program can go to, see names of hardware installed on laptop?(similar device manager of w7)

thank

if have nvidia
# may need headers first - meta package 12.10 version:
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

re: how install nvidia drivers [v8.1.2.12 bogan]. post 1126
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...43535&page=113
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/bi...erhowto/nvidia
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2081649

if have dual video need bumblebee.

nvidia optimus , ubuntu explained
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1657660
switchable graphics killing ubuntu experience - see post #9
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1927317
optimus
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1657660
bumblebee:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bumblebee
12.10 bumblebee
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2077451
nvidia confirms it's working on optimus linux support - aug 31, 2012
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=mte3mzy
released 319.12 beta april 2013
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...tem&px=mtm0nze


there not equivalent device manager, can dump tons of internal data text files if interested.

if using sudo, run sudo command ls first. sudo & redirect have issues.
sudo ls
files saved in home folder
save file use
sudo lshw > hw.txt

html version of info
sudo lshw -html > ~/hardware_info.html && firefox ~/hardware_info.html

udevadm info --export-db > file.txt
udevinfo -a -p $(udevinfo -q path -n /dev/sdd)

similarly, if run
sudo dmidecode > bios.txt
last 1 (dmidecode) lists machine's dmi or smbios table contents in friendly format. dmi or smbios contains description of system's hardware components , other useful information such serial numbers , bios revision. powerful command.

internal efi details
ls /sys/firmware/efi/vars

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