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Overhual nvidia packaging for a brave new world - #9737

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Overhual nvidia packaging for a brave new world#9737
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@joebonrichie joebonrichie commented Jul 25, 2026

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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

Test Plan

NOT YET, should be fine YOLO

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  • Package was built and tested against unstable
  • This change could gainfully be listed in the weekly sync notes once merged
  • I agree to license this contribution and all my previous contributions under the licensing terms in LICENSE.md and have the power and authority to grant those licenses.

**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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