14 DAY TRIAL // NVIDIA has just released an update for its Legacy display driver, 304.121, bringing support for the newer kernels and one important fix.
There are a lot of Linux users out there who use older video cards that can't make use of the recently released NVIDIA drivers, which don't have the proper support.
That is why NVIDIA developers periodically release small updates for the Legacy branch of their drivers. The main reason the drivers stop working are the Linux kernels, which get new versions all the time. There is no indication what the time frame for the support of the Legacy drivers is, but it will probably be around for a long time.
The changelog only says that the compatibility with recent Linux kernels has been improved, and that a bug that prevented the NVIDIA implementation of the Xinerama extension protocol requests from being used when RandR was enabled has been fixed.
The products being supported by these drivers range from the old 6 series to the “new” 600, which was released back in 2012. If you want to find out if your video card is eligible for this particular release, you can check the official announcement for more details.
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