[Author/submitter here, FWIW] > Mint is on debian-time No it isn't. Normal Mint is on Ubuntu LTS time, and since Ubuntu is literally 2/3 of desktop Linux, yo

[Author/submitter here, FWIW] > Mint is on debian-time No it isn't. Normal Mint is on Ubuntu LTS time, and since Ubuntu is literally 2/3 of desktop Linux, you can bet your booty that the latest nVidia gigabyte of half-assed bloat 100% will support the latest Ubuntu LTS. Then there is LMDE, which is on Debian time, true, but again: if you want the latest spaceheater from the company that does for silicon what Microsoft does for efficient software design, then download the latest nVidia chonk and install it.