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I have an Acer computer that, when it had Windows 7 on it, came with proprietary nVidia drivers. Here's the problem. The Nouveau driver with Linux Lite doesn't work. When you open up a web browser the system freezes & the graphics go crazy. The legacy nVidia driver (304) that you can add is OK, but not great. Graphics look washed out. When I install Xubuntu 16.04, or 17.04 the Nouveau driver that comes with that system work perfectly. As it & Linux Lite are both Ubuntu based, can those drivers be added to the Repository? Or perhaps a better question is, do they work with Linux Lite? Here's the information on that:
Here is the Linux Lite Drivers:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0-12-1build2
Libdrm-nouveau2 2.4.70-1 ubuntu 16.04.1

Here are the Xubuntu 17.04 Drivers:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0-14-Oubuntu1
Libdrm-nouveau2 2.4.76-1

I have no idea if these drivers will work with Linux Lite, but as always, thanks for considering it.

Please try the Nouveau driver and make sure to install Restricted Extras from Lite Software.

The nVidia driver for any Acer computer that uses the nVidia GeForce 6150se chipset is troublesome. Works perfectly well with Windows 7, but nVidia wouldn't make a new driver for it for Windows 10. There was a workaround where you could use the driver designed for Windows 8.1, but your DirectX runs at an older level. Not much I can say because the chipset is at EOL. Xubuntu is using the new 4.10 kernel & the graphics on the Acer look really good. The computer is running smooth, even with such a new kernel. Good back up computer, but it's back to day-to-day with LL on my other computers. Now that we have the new kernel installer in Lite Tweaks I'll have to play around with that for a while.

Please be aware of the following:

17.04 Ubuntu base is vastly different from 16.04 Linux Lite base. We simply cannot 'add' the two together.

Ubuntu bases: 16.04, 17.04, 17.10 etc etc

Cheers