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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