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A proprietary driver is a hardware management software application that is not free and open-source. Typically, the software is concealed and controlled by the company selling the hardware.
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Most of the devices (hardware) attached to computers should function properly in <phrase>Kubuntu</phrase>. The devices are likely to have <emphasis>free</emphasis> drivers. These drivers can be freely modified by developers, and any problems or incompatibilities with Linux can be fixed.
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Some hardware does not have free drivers, usually because the hardware manufacturer has not released details of their hardware which would make it possible to create such a driver for a Linux system. If such a manufacturer has not created Linux drivers, the hardware may have limited functionality or may not work at all.
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Located in
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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.
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Located in
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Proprietary drivers are usually maintained by the hardware manufacturer, and so cannot be modified by developers if there is a problem.
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Located in
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<phrase>Kubuntu</phrase> ships with an application developed by Ubuntu developers that maintains proprietary drivers. This application is known as <application>Jockey</application> and in <phrase>Kubuntu</phrase> is named <application>jockey-kde</application>>. It can be opened by going to <menuchoice><guimenu>Kickoff Application Launcher</guimenu><guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Hardware Deivers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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Located in
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Find the driver to be enabled and verify the description.
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Find the driver to be disabled and verify the description.
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The command <command>df</command> reports file system disk space usage. The <userinput>-h</userinput> tells <command>df</command> to make the output human readable.
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Located in
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Select the files and folders to be compressed, <mousebutton>right click</mousebutton> one of them and select <menuchoice><guimenu>Compress</guimenu><guimenuitem>As ZIP/TAR Archive</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or any of the other choices.
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Located in
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