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NVIDIA VA-API driver, the free open-source video acceleration API implementation using NVIDIA NVDEC, released new 0.0.18 version yesterday.
The new version finally makes NVIDIA GPU accelerated video decoding usable in Linux with Chrome / Chromium web browser.
The native Linux app for NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW finally goes stable! Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
GeForce Now is NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service that streams high-end PC games to laptops, phones, and TVs, allowing for better gaming experience without requiring high-end hardware.
NVIDIA announced the 610.57.04 driver along with 595.91.07 for Linux this monday!
The production branch driver 595.91.07 includes only many bug fixes and improvements, while the 610.57.04 feature branch driver fixed crashes in many games.
NVIDIA 610 (610.43.02) graphics driver is finally made into the proposed repository for testing purpose. If everything goes well, it will be released to the general public soon.
NVIDIA 610 is the latest new feature branch Linux driver, which was released more than a month ago on May 26. It introduced several new Vulkan extensions support, Wayland improvement, and some fixes.
Ubuntu finally retired the legacy NVIDIA driver 470 for all current Ubuntu releases! Here’s how to manually install it back for those who run Ubuntu on GeForce GT 710/730/780 etc Kepler GPUs (GeForce 700, 600, TITAN, and Tesla series).
Ubuntu announced the end of life of NVIDIA 470 driver support a few months ago. For Ubuntu 26.04, the legacy driver package is excluded in system repository. While, Ubuntu 24.04 and 22.04 have migrated the package to NVIDIA 535.
NVIDIA 595, the latest production branch driver, received a new update yesterday for Linux users.
The new NVIDIA 595.84 release includes fixes for many games, sleep and wake up issue, and a few regressions introduced in the 580 driver series.
NVIDIA announced 610.43.02, the latest feature branch version driver for Linux, yesterday.
This is the first release in the new NVIDIA 610 driver branch, which introduced HDR output support for better high‑precision rendering support.
This is a step by step beginners guide shows how to install the most recent NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
There are two official ways to install NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu: one from Ubuntu developers, the other from NVIDIA website.
NVIDIA VA-API driver, the VA-API hardware acceleration implemention using NVIDIA GPU, released new 0.0.17 version a few days ago.
The new version of this free open-source library fixed only two but important bugs for JPEG decoding and NVIDIA DGX Spark memory systems.
NVIDIA announced new 595.71.05 version of production branch driver for Linux yesterday.
This is the second stable release for the current 595 driver series, which however features only a single bug-fix.
