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update 2024 01 - attempting to try Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver Version: 390.157 Release Date: 2022.11.22 Operating System: Linux 64-bit Language: English (US) File Size: 81.86 MB == Links ==* Black screen after nvidia driver installation - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=287624* Problems installing Nvidia drivers - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=304336* Problem with Broken Graphic Driver (Nvidia) - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=285536* Graphic garbage after installing Nvidia driver - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=38754== 440 == lshw -numeric -C display *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: GF108 [GeForce GT 440] [10DE:DE0] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation [10DE] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff== ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa ==[https://www.noobslab.com/2014/12/use-nvidia-graphics-drivers-in.html Use Nvidia Graphics Drivers In Ubuntu/Linux Mint For Best Performance]PPA to install latest drivers for NVIDIA graphics cardDifferent version of drivers available for NVIDIA cards which is managed in xorg-edgers PPA. Supported OS Ubuntu 15.04/14.10/14.04/12.04/Linux Mint 17.1/17/13/and other related Ubuntu derivatives== Ubuntu Restricted repos ==How to Add the Universe, Multiverse and Restricted Repositories in UbuntuThe Ubuntu Restricted repository contains proprietary drivers. For example, you may find NVIDIA GPU drivers in here. This repository is officially supported by the Ubuntu team. The software in this repository is build somewhat 'downstream' from the hardware manufacturers/vendor. For example, NVIDIA may release a new driver set for it's GPU's, and the team at Ubuntu will integrate these drivers into it's restricted repository.There are three additional repositories which you can enable, or disable, namely Universe, Multiverse and Restricted. The Universe repository provides a collection of additional software which can be installed on your Ubuntu workstation. This repository provide community maintained open source software, and whilst there is no official support for the packages/applications within it, most of the software in the Ubuntu Software Centre comes from this repository.The Ubuntu Multiverse repository is contains software packages which may come with copyright or legal issues. The Ubuntu Restricted repository contains proprietary drivers. For example, you may find NVIDIA GPU drivers in here.Linux Mint is based on Ubuntusimulate an install using the s switch to see what it will install if anything sudo apt-get install -s ubuntu-restricted-extrasMany users install ubuntu-restricted-extras without seeming to run into problems, but the Linux Mint equivalent is called '''mint-meta-codecs'''