What does "VESA: Madison" in the graphics driver information mean?

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It indicate "Experience:standard" on graphics driver. What does it mean, is there any other experience other than standard? or can it be upgraded?

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Take a look at this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/125657/graphics-experience – Mitch Jul 22 '12 at 08:54

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Madison is simply AMD/ATI's code name for the Mobility Radeon HD 56xx/57xx series GPUs (laptop video cards):
This description indicates that you have one of these GPUs in your laptop, and that Ubuntu is successfully using the proprietary fglrx driver; no changes are necessary.
"Standard" is the normal graphics experience, allowing the use of the Unity (3D) desktop; it's not possible to "upgrade" it.

answered Jul 22 '12 at 09:50

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Thank you for this information. And thank you for guiding me on how to ask question. Apology for my past questions and I will be very careful next time. – obetus Jul 22 '12 at 10:36
@obetus: You're welcome, very glad to see you more active on the site :) – ish Jul 22 '12 at 10:42