Installing Intel video driver

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Just a comment,

early on in my Linux days, when I was trying Mint I tried the Intel drivers, couple of things:
The installer does not work unless you do various things, the installer expects vanilla Ubuntu.

These are my notes from my Mint 16

Installing Intel Graphic Installer in Non Vanilla Ubuntu
Create lsb config file backup:
$ sudo mv /etc/lsb-release /etc/lsb-release_backup

Then:
$ sudo leafpad /etc/lsb-release
Edit TO
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 16 Petra"
Save, Close and Reboot

Then:
"Trust" Intel Graphic Installer:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg -O - | \
$ sudo apt-key add -
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://download.01.org/gfx/RPM-GPG-KEY-ilg-2 -O - | \
$ sudo apt-key add -

Then:
download the Intel installer package:
$ cd /tmp && wget https://download.01.org/gfx/ubuntu/13.10..._amd64.deb

Then:
execute the Intel installer:
$ sudo intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.3_amd64.deb

Then:
revert original lsb config file:
$ sudo rm /etc/lsb-release
$ sudo mv /etc/lsb-release_backup /etc/lsb_release
$ sudo reboot

(Note : Every time you update the driver you need to edit /etc/lsb-release file)
https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/how-to-us...ivers.html

After all of this, you get an Intel Installer in System
I could not detect any difference in Graphics, so never bothered again.

NOTE: The above links may now not even be valid