If you feel unsure, best is to stick to the drivers in the repositories. Compiling drivers is for experienced users.It should also work on Debian and other Debian-based distributions. These instructions will help you compile and install the openChrome driver in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) and up. The nf manual page explains the structure of this file. The openchrome manual page indicates which options can be used to configure the driver by editing /etc/X11/nf. If this driver works correctly for your needs, there is no need to compile the driver yourself. Since Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and Debian 5.0 the openchrome driver is installed by default, provided by the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome package. Ubuntu 8.04, Debian 5.0 and newer releases VIA proprietary graphics driver for Chrome9.Ubuntu 8.04, Debian 5.0 and newer releases.
