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 introduced the GeForce NOW Linux […]
Read MoreGeForce Now’s native Linux app has exited beta after seven months of testing, with official support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later. The app is a frontend for Nvidia’s game streaming service, with over 4,500 PC titles running in the cloud on…
Read MoreGeForce Now’s native Linux app has exited beta after seven months of testing, with official support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later. The app is a frontend for Nvidia’s game streaming service, with over 4,500 PC titles running in the cloud on…
Read MoreNVIDIA 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. For Steam users or those who play Windows games in Linux through Proton, the new NVIDIA 610 driver fixed STALKER […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 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 […]
Read MoreUbuntu finally retried 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 […]
Read MoreFirefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by defaul…
Read MoreNVIDIA 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. As you may know, the NVIDIA 595 series Linux driver improved Wayland and Linux gaming […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 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. First, NVIDIA 610.43.02 added several new Vulkan device extensions support. They include VK_EXT_shader_long_vector extension that removes the traditional 4‑component limit, allowing […]
Read MoreThis 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. The drivers from the system repository are maintained by Ubuntu developers. Not only the […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 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. As you may know, Linux has several ways (VA-API, VDPAU, AMF, NVDEC, or […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 595.58.03, the latest stable version of NVIDIA driver for Linux, is available in Ubuntu repository for the upcoming 26.04 LTS. Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) usually supports production branch NVIDIA driver by building the packages into the restricted repository. Now, NVIDIA 595 for Ubuntu 26.04 is ready, while, the driver package for current 25.10, […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 595.58.03, the first stable version for the new 595 production branch, was released on Tuesday for Linux. The new driver branch added support some new extensions, better Wayland support, and various bug-fixes. Compare to the last NVIDIA 590, the new version introduced new application profile – CudaNoStablePerfLimit – that allows CUDA-using apps to reach […]
Read MoreAlmaLinux users no longer have to juggle Nvidia workarounds: CUDA and GPU drivers are moving into the distro’s normal package workflow.
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NVIDIA GeForce Now added official Linux support yesterday via Flatpak package! Here’s the step by step guide shows you how to manually install or remove it in Ubuntu and other Linux. GeForce Now is NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service streams high-end PC games to laptops, phones, and TVs, allowing for better gaming experience without requiring high-end […]
Read MoreNVIDIA VA-API Driver, the VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as backend, released new 0.0.15 version yesterday. For those who don’t know about it, it’s a free open-source API for NVIDIA users to enable hardware accelerated video decoding support when using Firefox web browser. As you may know, Firefox so for only supports VA-API for hardware […]
Read MoreFor NVIDIA users, the latest nvidia-590 driver will be soon available for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 25.10 and next Ubuntu 26.04. NVIDIA 590.48.01 is the latest feature branch driver for Linux that was released almost one month ago. Ubuntu community is now building it into the multiverse repository. The 590 driver so far does […]
Read MoreFor NVIDIA users with GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs (e.g., 4060, 4090), it finally supports Smooth Motion frame generation for better gaming performance in Linux. NVIDIA Smooth Motion is a feature designed for games without native DLSS support. It uses AI to generate additional frames between two rendered frames for overall smoothness of game-play. The […]
Read MoreNVIDIA 580.82.07 graphics driver for Linux is now available for download with NVIDIA Smooth Motion support on GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs and bug fixes.
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Just a week and one day after the Beta release, NVIDIA announced 580.76.05 as the latest production branch driver for Linux. As a production ready driver series, Ubuntu will likely provide the official packages for all current supported releases, e.g., Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.04. For Wayland, the released added fifo-v1 protocol support for applications […]
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