So I am just about to rip the last hair out off my head over this. Been trying to setup a dual boot of windows and linux for the last 3 days since getting my new Alienware 15 r2 laptop and I am having no luck. I've gone through every thread I could find relating to this installation at least once and some multiple times and can't get it recognised/installed. I am fairly new to linux but I'm trying to break into it to utilise some of it's tools and I need my graphics card to work. I have ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed, and I have done multiple re-install's with different distros, and first had trouble getting the killer wireless to work and eventually gave up on the and just using a TP-Link usb.
But I just can't figure out the nvidia drivers, with each the different solutions out there. I am just very lost at the moment. Can anyone please help? Also, I am in Tasmania and the main fibre-optics cable between us and the mainland is down for maintenance and we're on a very congested secondary line, so my internet is Suuuuuper slow (300mb on a good server took over 3 hours to download), so I would prefer not to re-install ubuntu at this stage, because the updates and upgrade will probably take days...
Thanks in advance :)
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352 nvidia-settings
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