I'm not sure how many GoL members have a Kepler or older Nvidia GPU but this is just a heads-up. Canonical has pushed an update (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.5) that will screw up any Ubuntu-based system that installs it. A neat bit of sabotage that forces your system to transition to the incompatible 535 series driver and causes a ton of headaches while trying to recover your system.

Essentially, Canonical no longer wants to support the 470 series driver.
[Action Required: Ubuntu to retire Legacy NVIDIA Graphics Drivers 470](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/action-required-ubuntu-to-retire-legacy-nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/77725)

The push took a lot of Linux Mint users by surprise as Update Manager doesn't exactly warn you what the update is going to do. I only caught it because Plasma's Discover breaks the update down to all its components and I noticed the 535 driver in the list.
[CAUTION: Nvidia-driver-470 Changes (June 2026)](https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=469946)

There are workarounds. Just follow the links for assorted suggestions.

Now I just need to figure out how to get Discover to put the driver update on hold...