
Mõned arvutiga ühendatud seadmed võivad korralikult töötamise jaoks vajada suletud draivereid. Enamasti kasutatakse neid seadmeid video ja traadita võrgu jaoks.
Suletud draiver on riistvarahalduse rakendus, mis pole vabavaraline ja avatud lähtekoodiga. Tavaliselt varjab ja haldab seda tarkvara riistvara müüv firma.
Most of the devices (hardware) attached to computers should function properly in Kubuntu. The devices are likely to have free drivers. These drivers can be freely modified by developers, and any problems or incompatibilities with Linux can be fixed.
Mõndadel riistvaradel ei ole vabasid draivereid. Tavaliselt seetõttu, kui riistvaratootja ei ole riistvara üksikasju avaldanud. See takistab Linuxi süsteemile draiverite loomist. Kui tootja poolt ei ole loodud Linuxi draivereid, siis riistvaral on limiteeritud funktsionaalsus või ei pruugi need üldse tööle hakta.
If an appropriate proprietary driver is available for a certain device, it can be installed in order to allow that device to function properly or to add new features. For example, installing proprietary drivers for certain graphics cards allows for the use of advanced visual effects.
Some computers may not have any devices that can use proprietary drivers, either because all of the devices are fully supported by free drivers or because proprietary drivers are not yet available.
Caution
Proprietary drivers are usually maintained by the hardware manufacturer, and so cannot be modified by developers if there is a problem.
Kubuntu ships with an application developed by Ubuntu developers that maintains proprietary drivers. This application is known as Jockey and in Kubuntu is named jockey-kde >. It can be opened by going to → → → .
Procedure 1. To use a proprietary driver for a device:
Open Jockey by going to → → → .
Find the driver to be enabled and verify the description.
to enable the driver. A password may be required.
The proprietary driver may have to be downloaded and installed.
Sa pead võibolla taaskäivitama arvuti, et lõpetada draiveri lubamist; draiveri paigaldusprotsess ei nõua alati taaskäivitamist.
Procedure 2. Keela seadmele omandiõigusega draiver
Open Jockey by going to → → → .
Find the driver to be disabled and verify the description.
to disable the driver and continue using a free driver, if available. A password may be required.
It may be necessary to restart the computer to finish disabling the driver.