Nvidia GeForce FX5500 for Ubuntu update

Hey guys, I have written this article for the sole purpose of informing you that the Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 will not work in ubuntu with unity. It's better for you to upgrade your system or find a mirror for the old versions of Ubuntu.

If you have decided to download an older version of the Ubuntu operating system. You can download the old releases here. For installing the driver, you can read my post about installing GeForce FX5500 driver in ubuntu.

But if you still want to install the latest ubuntu release, then you need to ready yourself for an upgrade. Yeah, you can still run ubuntu in 512mb ram and atleast 1Ghz of CPU power but with the latest releases of Ubuntu, you will need a slightly better video card for your machine. For a technical reference, please refer here.

How to install Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver in ubuntu (offline)

It's been a while when I last wrote here in my blog. I want to say sorry because I am busy with my studies. Well, I want to share with you all on how to install Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver in ubuntu offline. As far as I know, not only the FX5500 can be installed in this way.

There are two ways on how to instal Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver. One is using the Ubuntu software solution. Just search for nvidia. It will show a list of software/packages that you can download and install in your computer. The alternative way is to download the driver from the nvidia website and install it locally.

To start, download the latest driver for your nvidia from the nvidia website. It will be ended with a .run.

Tip: click here to go to the download page for Nvidia driver for linux 32 bit.

After you downloaded the driver, paste it on the desktop for easy look up.

E-booster

It speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. Use up to four inexpensive flash devices to speed up your system. Add more speed to your PC without any hardware upgrade!

NOTE: I recommend this to users who cannot afford to buy ram for there PC and LAPTOP. This is not a free application but it can help you when you need some extra memory for your computers.

How to make your PC run faster Part 2

3. Setting your computer to best performance.

There is an option that you can find in the properties of your Computer. Just right click "My Computer" and Click "Properties" or your can strike a combination keys "window key" + "Pause/Break" and the window should pop like this.

When the window pop up like the image shown above, go to the advance tab and click settings that is underlined in the bottom image.

In the above image, your can see that it is in the default setting. We need to put it in the best performance settings that is show in the bottom image. After you click the desired settings, apply the setting and your done.

How to make your PC run faster Part 1

1. Use Ccleaner to clean your trash files and fix your registry. This is one of my favorite applications because it is not only user friendly, it is also light to your system.

In the above image, it shows that its cleaning your computer from unwanted files that can make your computer slower.

To lessen the chances that your computer may crash. You can also clean your registry by using Ccleaner as shown in the above image.

2. Removing the indexing of your disk drive.

Here are the steps for removing the indexing of your drives.