14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia has just released a new update for the Linux branch of the long-lived driver, and it brings support for new GPUs and a number of small bug fixes.
It's nice to see that Nvidia is expanding its support on the Linux platform, and at this point, there are three different stable driver versions available. And we're not counting the other ones.
As it stands right now, the stable iterations of the Nvidia driver include a regular one, a long-lived branch, and a short-lived branch. All of these can be considered stable, although it will be hard to find the short-lived branch Linux repositories. It has that name because it changes often.
There is also a Beta version of the Linux driver, which usually brings all kinds of cool new features and support for the latest GPUs, and there are a few legacy versions as well that deal with old GPUs. These don't have any fixes or changes; they are just made to work.
Nvidia 346.82 drivers are not all that impressive
Many of the Nvidia drivers are usually much bigger than this one, but we take what we can get. The changelog states that support has been added for the following GPUs: Tesla K40t, GeForce 720A, GeForce 920A, GeForce 930A, GeForce 940A, GeForce GTX 950A, and GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
Also, a bug that could cause an Xid error has been fixed, a bug that prevented the "mkprecompiled" utility included in the driver package from reading files correctly has been corrected, the nvidia-installer is now using modprobe when leaving the NVIDIA kernel module loaded after installation, and a bug in nvidia-settings has been fixed.
Make sure you check the entire changelog below the article. You can also download Nvidia 346.82 driver from Softpedia for Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD.