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My pc has 8 Gb ram with a intel i7(4 core - logical 8) processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 (2GB) graphics card.

One of my friend told me that Ubuntu or any linux distribution can not utilize this resources :/

Kinda sad, will any one explain this a little?

Thanks, have a great day there :)

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    Your friend is wrong, no explanation needed.
    – user508889
    Jun 2, 2016 at 11:31

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Your friend is wrong - Ubuntu can utilize all your hardware perfectly well.

If you want to play games, or do other video intensive tasks, you may want to install Nvidia's driver's for your graphics card. See this question for details. (However, the open source drivers which ship with Ubuntu will probably be fine - meaning that Ubuntu will work well right away, out of the box, with no further set-up.)

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  • I'd agrue you should always install the proprietary drivers...
    – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit
    Jun 2, 2016 at 12:12
  • ..And I'd argue that you shouldn't, unless you need them :-)
    – Jonas Czech
    Jun 2, 2016 at 12:13
  • I would argue that if you have the card then you need the drivers, the close used source ones are much better than nouveau but the gap is closing
    – Amias
    Jun 2, 2016 at 12:36
  • what does it mean?
    – rakibtg
    Jun 2, 2016 at 13:02
  • @rakibtg The proprietary drivers (may) have better performance, is this what you mean ?
    – Jonas Czech
    Jun 2, 2016 at 13:05

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