<div dir="ltr">It's very simple: <div><br></div><div>Nvidia "certifies" a driver in the "long lived branch", when it releases a new stable driver it recommends every Linux user to install that driver immediately for the best experience. Ubuntu has a support obligation make the latest most up-to-date "certified" drivers available to all users of currently supported versions especially 12.04 LTS, 13.04 and 13.10. If Ubuntu publishes out-of-date drivers and doesn't replace them when there's a newer one available it's a major problem. Graphics drivers, second to the Linux Kernel itself and networking/wifi drivers, are the most important drivers on a desktop system, they require a very consistent and high level of maintenance to keep a system in good working order.<div>
<br></div><div><strong style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Linux x86/IA32</strong><br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Long Lived Branch version: </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-319.49-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">319.49</a> <-- this is the STABLE driver, anything before this is out-of-date<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Short Lived Branch version: </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-325.15-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">325.15</a> <-- this is the BETA driver, for testing purposes<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Legacy GPU version (304.xx series): </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-304.108-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">304.108</a> <-- this is for legacy users, those with old graphics cards<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Legacy GPU version (71.86.xx series): </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-71.86.15-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">71.86.15</a> <-- these are all other legacy drivers for even older cards<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Legacy GPU version (96.43.xx series): </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-96.43.23-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">96.43.23</a> <--<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:12.800000190734863px;font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series): </span><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-173.14.37-driver.html" style="color:rgb(118,185,0);font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">173.14.37</a> <--<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix" target="_blank">http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix</a><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jordon Bedwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jordon@envygeeks.com" target="_blank">jordon@envygeeks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Paulo Roberto de Oliveira Castro<br>
<<a href="mailto:p.oliveira.castro@gmail.com" target="_blank">p.oliveira.castro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Yes, that is what I was trying to say.<br>
> They want it work and to be as fast as it can be, without worrying about it.<br>
<br>
</div>I'm out of this one, the straw man just came out.<br>
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