Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. I chose Ubuntu for this guide not just because I'm familiar with ...

Phoronix spotted the update via Ubuntu's Launchpad platform. What this means is that users can have the proprietary Nvidia driver -- a better option for gaming compared to the open source "Nouveau" ...

NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help ...

Gaming’s not all about rocking the biggest, beefiest graphics card. Serious PC gamers know it’s important to have the latest graphics drivers from Nvidia or AMD , which can dramatically improve ...

While NVIDIA continue working on the new 595 Beta series, they've just released driver 580.142 for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver.

Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 ...

Drivers for most standard computer hardware are included in the Linux kernel in Ubuntu. They are open-source and created by the community of Linux users, and some of them do not utilize the functions ...

I have a Thinkpad T410 with what lshw says it is an NVS 3100M NVIDIA card. Ubuntu (Lucid Lynx 32 bits with a PAE kernel) suggests that I should install the proprietary driver for it, from total ...

I just added the nvidia drivers, and everything seemed to work fine, although kernel updates took (and still take) forever because of that stupid DKMS stuff. However, it's probably worth pointing out ...