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Nvidia is still not working together with the nouveau development team. Lately a developer of Nvidia left the nouveau team. They are not providing the firmware and the documentation, which is essentially important to develop drivers for this video card,
 
Nvidia is still not working together with the nouveau development team. Lately a developer of Nvidia left the nouveau team. They are not providing the firmware and the documentation, which is essentially important to develop drivers for this video card,
  
Linux Mint Forum: [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=59 Hardware Support, Graphics Cards & Monitors] and go to the end of the thread [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=248059&start=140 Mint 17 and 18 and now 19 AMD GPU drivers! Look here]
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Linux Mint Forum: [https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=59 Hardware Support, Graphics Cards & Monitors]
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Revision as of 21:03, 13 July 2020

Graphics cards (Nvidia) require proprietary drivers to operate correctly. Linux is an open-source platform, and many Linux operating systems choose not to ship closed-source drivers. Both Nvidia and AMD support Linux distributors in limited ways, and the drivers might be available to download at the respective manufacturer’s website’s download section.

AMD Radeon GPUs often use open-source drivers. Linux developers do not control the drivers AMD does. Cards not supported will never get drivers, no matter how many Mint editions come out.

Some Cards

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 Super

Radeon RX 560 Graphics

AMD Radeon R7 250


Nvidia GT 640 1GB

Nvidia is still not working together with the nouveau development team. Lately a developer of Nvidia left the nouveau team. They are not providing the firmware and the documentation, which is essentially important to develop drivers for this video card,

Linux Mint Forum: Hardware Support, Graphics Cards & Monitors


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