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I am trying to instll the nvidia proprietary driver on Ubuntu becuase I think it runs better and has better application support.

When I go to "Software and Updates" all I see is the (open source) options (see picture).

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Why don't I see the proprietary driver option?

What is the difference between the (open source) nVidia driver and the nouveau (open source) driver?

NOTE: I am using an nVidia RTX6000 card.

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    Possible duplicate of [Which graphics driver in the Additional Drivers list should I choose?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1047655/which-graphics-driver-in-the-additional-drivers-list-should-i-choose) – karel May 28 '19 at 20:00
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    I don't think it is a duplicate. My question is really "what happened to the proprietary driver" - your answer in that question does not answer that. – Startec May 28 '19 at 20:03
  • Possible duplicate of [Difference between Additional Drivers (Nvidia)](https://askubuntu.com/questions/216286/) – karel May 28 '19 at 20:06
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    Same thing. I have read that answer and it does not answer my question – Startec May 28 '19 at 20:09
  • I am pretty sure all but the nouveau driver are *not* open source. Maybe the meta package is, but not the binary driver they pull in. I have nothing to prove my guess right now though, nor an explanation why they'd label these as "open source" too. – Byte Commander May 28 '19 at 20:17
  • You do not list what card you use. Heck the system does not even recognize your card. The model should be listed at the top That's is likely your problem; as it does not see the model it will likely not offer the prop driver. Based on the brand it is likely to be able to see it is an nvidia and as we use generic drivers it probably can be used. – Rinzwind May 28 '19 at 20:23
  • @Rinzwind I updated the post with my card's information. – Startec May 28 '19 at 21:20
  • Thank you, answer edited to be more clear and Q upvote because it's not a dupe! **;-)** – Fabby Oct 21 '19 at 13:51

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Because the nVidia proprietary driver is not in the standard repositories so you'd eed to:

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