Should I install the Intel Drivers for Linux to make Minecraft faster?
My computer is pretty old and doesn't handle Minecraft very well. When I played on Windows 7, the max FPS I'd ever get was about 25-30. And, on top of that, the FPS would fluctuate a lot. When the 1.8 update came out in September 2014, I was disappointed because my computer wouldn't run it, and I assumed it was a graphics card problem. So I installed Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS, and found not only that I could run 1.8, but Minecraft was much faster. However I figured that the open source Ubuntu drivers would be slower than the official Intel ones for Linux. However, I'm scared to install the Intel drivers, because I don't want my Minecraft quality to go back to being as bad as it was in Windows 7, and installing the Intel drivers may prevent my computer from running 1.8 again. So, should I install the Intel drivers or leave it be?
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