Ken Heard composed on 2015-12-23 09:52 (UTC+0700):

>> Another option, if and only if your computer's video card uses an
>> nVidia chipset, is to install the manufacturer's proprietary driver
>> module and configuration utility, which offers extended support. I
>> don't know if AMD offers an equivalent. Intel almost certainly
>> doesn't.

> The chipset I have in this computer is an Intel.  I found out soon
> enough that Intel does not.

Intel provides no proprietary driver because its people write the FOSS driver
code. If you're interested in how that works, check out the intel-gfx mailing
list.
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