until I get 15.10 on the machine, I cannot perform a network upgrade to 16.10. The DVD with 16.10 on it fails on the reboot to to use the S/W
I do not want to switch between cards. Install CUDA card (GT 420 48 cores), and the motherboard disables the ATI video on the desktop computer, so CUDA is the exclusive driver of the display. There will not be need for multiple monitors.
Will it be recognized and can it be configured to match my monitor (1600x900)?
Do I need to locate drivers, if so where?
Can applications like BOINC access the GPU functions of the CUDA card?
The Perl package is in /usr/bin and is an older version (5.12.4). The current stable release appears to be 5.14.2.
How do I update this version? Root access is required, and I do not want to compile new binaries to install in a directory that is in my path.