Laterst Nvidia driver updates coming to Ubuntu LTS no PPA needed

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Laterst Nvidia driver updates coming to Ubuntu LTS no PPA needed

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Nvidia's latest drivers will now be available without a PPA in Ubuntu LTS versions,
www.lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_link.php?rid=272169
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crosscourt wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2019 5:22 pm Nvidia's latest drivers will now be available without a PPA in Ubuntu LTS versions,
https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-Its-latest-nvidia-drivers/
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Posted a new link to the story above that works.
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Somewhat related inso far as affecting Nvidia...I was reading that with the kernel 5.3 nvidia drivers will be broken. Some code that Nvidia relied upon has been removed, and is not considered to be an issue since obviously Nvidia drivers are binary, not open source.
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We'll see what happens as the gaming community will be very active in support of maintaing driver support.
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