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[arch-announce] NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Peter Jung 20 Dec '25

20 Dec '25

With the update to driver version 590, the NVIDIA driver no longer supports Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs or older. We will replace the `nvidia` package with `nvidia-open`, `nvidia-dkms` with `nvidia-open-dkms`, and `nvidia-lts` with `nvidia-lts-open`. **Impact:** Updating the NVIDIA packages on systems with Pascal, Maxwell, or older cards will fail to load the driver, which may result in a broken graphical environment. **Intervention required for Pascal/older users:** Users with GTX 10xx series and older cards must switch to the legacy proprietary branch to maintain support: * Uninstall the official `nvidia`, `nvidia-lts`, or `nvidia-dkms` packages. * Install `nvidia-580xx-dkms` from the AUR Users with Turing (20xx and GTX 1650 series) and newer GPUs will automatically transition to the open kernel modules on upgrade and require no manual intervention. URL: https://archlinux.org/news/nvidia-590-driver-drops-pascal-support-main-pack…

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[arch-announce] .NET packages may require manual intervention
by Arch Linux: Recent news updates: George Rawlinson 11 Dec '25

11 Dec '25

The following packages may require manual intervention due to the upgrade from 9.0 to 10.0: * aspnet-runtime * aspnet-targeting-pack * dotnet-runtime * dotnet-sdk * dotnet-source-built-artifacts * dotnet-targeting-pack pacman may display the following error `failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)` for the affected packages. If you are affected by this and require the 9.0 packages, the following commands will update e.g. aspnet-runtime to aspnet-runtime-9.0: `pacman -Syu aspnet-runtime-9.0` `pacman -Rs aspnet-runtime` URL: https://archlinux.org/news/net-packages-may-require-manual-intervention/

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