# The Blog of Cl0udb3rry87

> Source: <https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-blog-of-cl0udb3rry87/244797?page=5#post_92>
> Published: 2026-11-14 17:01:02+00:00

$ nvidia-smi

Sat Nov 14 18:23:05 2026

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| NVIDIA-SMI 595.112.07             Driver Version: 595.112.07     CUDA Version: 13.2     |

±----------------------------------------±-----------------------±---------------------+

$ uname -a

Linux … 7.0.9-1…(2026-05-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux

We are no longer providing proprietary flavor RPM/Debian driver packages, starting in 615 only OpenGPU.

```
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-towards-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/
```

Please apt install nvidia-open on supported hardware, older hardware needs 580 proprietary driver.

Some discussion is here:

Proprietary Kernel Modules Removed

The proprietary kernel modules have been removed. The open kernel modules are now the only kernel module flavor provided.

Version locking packages for Ubuntu / Debian

Driver pinning packages have been introduced for Debian and Ubuntu to track specific driver branches and versions across the various releases.

Since I’m running a Debian variant, driver pinning is required for me.

There is a discussion about Kernel.orgs changes to the Kernel breaking Nvidia drivers, I just can’t find it at the moment.