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Overhaul nvidia packaging for a brave new world - #9737

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Overhaul nvidia packaging for a brave new world#9737
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Summary

Currently supported nvidia cards are supported by nvidia-open + nvidia-utils
Unsupported cards are supported by nvidia-580

nvidia-open-current replaces nvidia-glx-driver-current and rundeps on nvidia-utils
nvidia-open (LTS) replaces nvidia-glx-driver (LTS) and rundeps on nvidia-utils

nvidia-glx-driver and nvidia-beta-driver are deprecated completely

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Tested by a few community members

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  • Package was built and tested against unstable
  • This change could gainfully be listed in the weekly sync notes once merged
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**Summary**
- Direct copy from our current nvidia-glx-driver package but with
  relevant replaces/conflicts keys added.
**Summary**
- Userland bits for nvidia-open
**Summary**
- Replaced by nvidia-open + nvidia-utils or nvidia-580
**Summary**
- Removed to simplify packaging for the time being
**Summary**
- Currently supported drivers are replaced by nvidia-open + nvidia-utils
- Unsupported are replaced by nvidia-580
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joebonrichie marked this pull request as ready for review August 1, 2026 10:33
@malfisya malfisya changed the title Overhual nvidia packaging for a brave new world Overhaul nvidia packaging for a brave new world Aug 1, 2026

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LGTM, thanks!

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HarveyDevel merged commit a0db340 into main Aug 2, 2026
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HarveyDevel deleted the nvidia-overhaul-2 branch August 2, 2026 00:47
@github-project-automation github-project-automation Bot moved this from Triage to Done in Solus Aug 2, 2026
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