Update Video Card Driver Ubuntu

Ubuntu automatically updates installed drivers and notifies you of proprietary upgrades, but you still need to know a little about your hardware to choose the best drivers. the linux kernel includes open-source modules -- i.e. drivers -- for most hardware, and ubuntu loads these modules from a boot archive called initramfs.. Video card driver types. this guide and its subpages describe the driver situation in ubuntu and how to install proprietary binary/restricted drivers where open source drivers are not available.. Details on how the ubuntu driver package can be unpacked and modified for other distros is covered in this article. note: this is a reference driver for supported displaylink