NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux

By Liam Dawe - 13 Jan 2026 at 1:43 pm UTC

Last updated: 13 Jan 2026 at 5:27 pm UTC

NVIDIA today released their latest recommended driver version 580.126.09 for Linux but it's quite light on actual changes and improvements. This is their main stable branch that receives bug-fixes, with the newer stuff coming in the 590 series that had a first proper release recently with 590.48.01 back in December.

The three improvements noted in version 580.126.09 are:

Fixed a bug that prevented certain display modes that require YUV 4:2:0 subsampling from working.

Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.

Updated libnvidia-egl-gbm to commit a73cbce to support FP16 DRM formats.

On the same day they also released a bug-fix to the much older series with 570.211.01 also out now that notes:

Fixed a bug that could cause system freezes on PREEMPT_RT kernels.

In other related NVIDIA news they recently revealed DLSS 4.5 and an upcoming Native Linux app for GeForce NOW.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Drivers, Misc, New Release, NVIDIA

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clatterfordslim 2 hours ago

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I upgraded to this 580.126.09 driver in Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Xfce Edition and it does exactly the same as what the 590 drivers does in Cachy OS Xfce Edition. Terminal and anything else open, starts flickering on and off like a lightbulb. Everything has now been concentrated onto Wayland, including NVIDIA drivers in my opinion.

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