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Greetings to all here..

I'm a complete Linux virgin, so apologies if anything I'm asking is blatantly obvious.. (I have done a brief search for the issues I'm having) Please go easy on the terminology.. I've years of Windows to cleanse myself of.

How do I go about deleting files/folders permanently.. I've quite a few GB worth of old Windows files I'd like to remove, but short of moving them to the rubbish bin & then emptying it I can't see any option to permanently delete I've tried rm -r/-f but am told there is no such file or folder.

I have a Nvidia GTX 670 are Linux drivers available & easy enough to install? I've also been told that the more interesting/useful software is to be found on alternative repo's can someone educate me?

Thanks for listening.

Miseryguts
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  • If you want to delete a file, use the command rm -f FILENAME. To delete a folder, use rm -fr NAMEOFFOLDER. – John Scott Jul 13 '14 at 20:39
  • This is not WIndows! The drivers that come with Ubuntu are the drivers you WANT to use. – John Scott Jul 13 '14 at 21:05
  • You've got multiple questions being asked in one question, that's not good form here, typically it's one question, one answer. Per post. – Thomas Ward Jul 13 '14 at 22:13
  • To install the proprietary Nvidia graphics driver search in the Dash for *Additional Drivers*, click the Additional Drivers icon to open the Additional Drivers utility, select the latest (Tested) version of the Nvidia proprietary graphics driver, click the *Apply Changes* button to install the graphics driver and reboot to enable the graphics driver. – karel Jul 13 '14 at 22:56
  • Please split this up into multiple questions, thanks! – Jorge Castro Jul 14 '14 at 14:00

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this for the Nvidia driver

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings

& about the the windows file you can use the disk-manage 

gnome-disks

& you can easily remove the windows partition

hwez
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  • Hey, thanks for the quick reply.. once the divers have installed should there be a gui or any other way to control the settings? as I can't see anything. Apologies but I've no idea what you mean by gnome-disks is it a command or should I be downloading something? – Miseryguts Jul 13 '14 at 21:14
  • Gnome-disks it's a command to the disks manager – hwez Jul 13 '14 at 21:28