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Not exactly too different from previous Nvidia 364.x drivers, but this now makes the Nvidia 364.19 driver throw off the beta label and is stable enough in their eyes.

If you're going from one stable release to this one, there's a lot of changes, but if you've been keeping up with the beta versions it's still obviously a good idea to update.

It adds official Vulkan support, Wayland & Mir support, reworked PRIME support, OpenGL now uses their GLVND GLX by default and more.

You can download it here (changelog here too), or wait for it to be in your usual repository. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Eike Apr 22, 2016
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Just In Time for Lara!?!
Liam Dawe Apr 22, 2016
Waiting for the Ubuntu PPA to be updated like..
Kallestofeles Apr 22, 2016
This update somehow messed up my mouse input on Unity titles - randomly slows to a crawl, then goes normal again. I'm really getting fed up with this crap. :\
fagnerln Apr 22, 2016
I'm curious about MIR performance, I will do some tests...
Keyrock Apr 22, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweWaiting for the Ubuntu PPA to be updated like..
They never did add 364.16, hopefully they add this soon. Seeing as it's a stable release, I think it's likely.
Xpander Apr 22, 2016
Quoting: KallestofelesThis update somehow messed up my mouse input on Unity titles - randomly slows to a crawl, then goes normal again. I'm really getting fed up with this crap. :\

can you tell me what unity titles exactly?

seems good so far for me
martinoj2009 Apr 22, 2016
If I install this driver does that mean I can use the GNOME Wayland option in Fedora 23? Whenever I try GNOME Wayland it just bounces me back to the login screen and I have to use any other desktop environment. I have Nvidia 361.42.
kon14 Apr 22, 2016
Quoting: martinoj2009If I install this driver does that mean I can use the GNOME Wayland option in Fedora 23? Whenever I try GNOME Wayland it just bounces me back to the login screen and I have to use any other desktop environment. I have Nvidia 361.42.

You won't be able to use wayland with these drivers, wayland support isn't really there.
Basically Nvidia wants to provide wayland support through egl extensions and nobody seems to like their approach so it's not getting upstream support for anything really.

For you to be able to use the nvidia drivers with gnome, Mutter (gnome's wm and wayland compositor) would have to support the nvidia blob's wayland implementation. I'm actually waiting for nvidia to get their shit together so as to be able to run Sway (an i3 compatible wayland wm based on wlc, a wayland compositor library) on my desktop :/
Zelox Apr 22, 2016
Quoting: EikeJust In Time for Lara!?!

If so, I hope this will be a trend from nvidia.
Releasing drivers to support new games.


Last edited by Zelox on 22 April 2016 at 9:32 pm UTC
crazyg4merz Apr 23, 2016
Quoting: kon14
Quoting: martinoj2009If I install this driver does that mean I can use the GNOME Wayland option in Fedora 23? Whenever I try GNOME Wayland it just bounces me back to the login screen and I have to use any other desktop environment. I have Nvidia 361.42.

You won't be able to use wayland with these drivers, wayland support isn't really there.
Basically Nvidia wants to provide wayland support through egl extensions and nobody seems to like their approach so it's not getting upstream support for anything really.

For you to be able to use the nvidia drivers with gnome, Mutter (gnome's wm and wayland compositor) would have to support the nvidia blob's wayland implementation. I'm actually waiting for nvidia to get their shit together so as to be able to run Sway (an i3 compatible wayland wm based on wlc, a wayland compositor library) on my desktop :/
Wayland support without DE support. Is there any link concerning this problem in Nvidia forum? I want to see the answer from Nvidia about this. Thanks :)
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