NVIDIA drivers for Linux desktops are available either via the repository, the NVIDIA website or from a PPA. In this tutorial, we will walk you through how to install the latest NVIDIA drivers for your Linspire desktop. This tutorial will also walk you through removing it should things not work out as expected. ​ Determine the latest version of NVIDIA driver available for your graphics card ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ​a. Visit the graphics drivers PPA homepage here and determine the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers available which is ‘NVIDIA-370’ as of January 1, 2017. b. Verify that your graphics card is capable of running the latest drivers. You can search on this link to determine if your graphics card is supported by a driver version. Don’t be so particular about the version part after the dot (after NVIDIA-370.xxx), just make sure you’re supported on the main version 370. Remove older NVIDIA driver -------------------------- ​If your NVIDIA graphic card is supported, you can go ahead and remove all previously installed NVIDIA drivers on your system. Enter the following command in terminal. sudo apt-get purge nvidia* 3. Add the graphics drivers PPA Additional Drivers The easiest way to install the NVIDIA driver is by checking the Additional Drivers utility in Linspire. If your current driver is listed it can be used. Otherwise follow the next step Setting up the PPA ​Goo ahead and add the graphics-driver PPA - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers And update sudo apt-get update Install (and activate) the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers.Enter the following command to install the version of NVIDIA graphics supported by your graphics card - sudo apt-get install nvidia-370 Reboot your computer for the new driver to kick-in. You can check your installation status with the following command lsmod | grep nvidia If there is no output, then your installation has probably failed. It is also possible that the driver is not available in your system's driver database. You can run the following command to check if your system is running on the open source driver nouveau. If the output is negative for nouveau, then all is well with your installation. lsmod | grep nouveau Prevent automatic updates that might break the drivers ------------------------------------------------------ You can do this in 2 ways a. By removing the graphics-drivers PPA from your software sources. This will depend on your distro. On Linspire, go to your software sources, and then other sources and remove all instances of the graphics-driver PPAs. ​b. Or by blocking minor version updates. Enter the following command sudo apt-mark hold nvidia-370 Removal ------- ​Are you running into issues with the new drivers, you can easily remove it. a. Remove the graphics-drivers PPA as indicated in the step above. b. Enter the following command to completely remove the driver sudo apt-get purge nvidia* c. Reboot your PC for the open-source nouveau drivers to kick-in.