NVIDIA has released a fresh Beta to get you testing all the latest features and fixes. So here’s what’s new in the NVIDIA 560.28.03 driver Beta for Linux.
As NVIDIA said recently, this is the first release that will use the open GPU kernel modules by default, as long as your GPU supports this. Which is an exciting step for more open source on your system. Plus various Wayland improvements, VRR for notebooks with the open GPU kernel modules and various bug fixes.
From the changelog here’s the new additions and major changes:
- Updated nvidia-installer to select the NVIDIA open GPU kernel modules by default on systems with GPUs that support both the proprietary and open kernel modules.
- Added support for EGL_KHR_platform_x11 and EGL_EXT_platform_xcb on Xwayland.
- Added a PipeWire backend to NvFBC that allows it to work on the Wayland compositors that support screencasting via XDG Desktop Portal. This new interface will be available through an upcoming Capture SDK release.
- Added support for multiple concurrent clients to NvFBC direct capture.
- Added reporting of Vulkan information to nvidia-settings control panel.
