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Any word on those Nvidia drivers for Linux? I just want SteamOS on my PC moving forward.

Thread 'Huge nvidia on Linux hurdle potentially overcome: Khronos have posted their new vulkan version v1.4.340 with the NVIDIA DX12 performance fixes'

Jan 23, 2026

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Khronos have posted their new vulkan version v1.4.340 with the NVIDIA DX12 performance fixes that NVIDIA have also included in their new vulkan beta driver! now to wait for a beta NVIDIA 600 driver series which should include this or another 590 driver.

https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulka...
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-d...

So what? Poor nvidia support has long been seen as the biggest roadblock to get users to switch over to Linux, since Microsoft seems deadset on making Windows a...

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Supposedly better support is coming later this year from nvidia as well.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Did this ever get fixed? Cause I never got around to doing anything about it.

 

[winjer]

NVIDIA blames recent Windows 11 updates for gaming issues on your PC

To back users' reports, Manuel from NVIDIA's forums said that the company is still looking at the situation, but everything indicates that KB5074109 or the January 2026 Patch Tuesday update is the culprit:

Even though it started after a Windows 11 update, we are looking into it. As far as I know, the only way to resolve it appears to be uninstalling KB5074109.

Since the release of KB5074109, Microsoft issued a few more updates, including two out-of-band releases and one non-security update. The latter delivered quite a lot of useful improvements, including fixes for the bug with black screens:

[Display and Graphics] Fixed: This update addresses black screen issues in isolated multiuser environments, typically after a Windows upgrade.

If your PC exhibits similar bugs, you can try installing the latest non-security updates or rolling back KB5074109 and then pausing Windows Updates until the next batch of updates arrives. To do so, head to Settings > Windows Update > Update History > Uninstall Updates.

 

[rodrigolfp]

What is the issue now?

 

[Fake]

What is the issue now?

Windows 11.

 

[winjer]

Windows 11 KB5077181 targets Nvidia gaming bugs and explorer.exe crashes

Microsoft has rolled out the Windows 11 February cumulative update, KB5077181, and early coverage paints it as a corrective release aimed at both security and day-to-day stability. Monthly rollups often carry a reputation for introducing new quirks while fixing old ones, but this update is being described as unusually well-behaved across varied hardware, based on broad installation testing reported by external outlets. The security payload is substantial. KB5077181 is reported to patch 58 vulnerabilities, which is the kind of number that signals a typical "everything lands at once" Patch Tuesday-style package rather than a narrowly scoped hotfix. One item highlighted involves Notepad and is characterized as a remote compromise risk in certain conditions, with claims that the issue had seen active abuse. Regardless of how you feel about Windows updates in general, security fixes of this class tend to be the least optional part of the monthly cycle, because they address exploit paths rather than cosmetic defects.

On the enthusiast PC side, the update's most visible value may be the cleanup of Nvidia-related gaming problems tied to the previous update cycle. KB5077181 is reported to resolve cases where Nvidia GPU users experienced reduced performance in certain games, alongside artifacts such as tearing and, in worse scenarios, black-screen failures during game launch. Some reports associate the black-screen behavior with a KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE error, suggesting an OS-level fault path rather than a simple application crash. If you were forced into the usual routine of checking drivers, toggling settings, or uninstalling recent patches to recover stability, this update is positioned as the official "back to normal" point for affected configurations. Microsoft also appears to be addressing a particularly disruptive Windows shell issue: explorer.exe hangs and crashes. The reporting describes situations where the Windows UI becomes intermittently unusable, with the taskbar, Start menu, and desktop elements disappearing or failing to respond. When explorer.exe breaks down, the OS can feel effectively dead even if the underlying system is still running, because core interaction surfaces vanish. KB5077181 is presented as fixing this behavior, restoring shell stability and preventing the random lockups that can derail normal use. Overall, KB5077181 reads like the kind of cumulative update users wish they got every month: a broad security rollup paired with fixes that map directly to high-visibility pain points, namely Nvidia gaming regressions and shell reliability. If your Windows 11 machine has been impacted by black screens, unexpected frame-rate drops, or explorer.exe instability, this patch is specifically described as addressing those symptoms while also closing a significant batch of security issues.

Let's hope this update fixes more than it breaks...

 

[keefged4]

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