Nouveau

Nouveau is the open-source NVIDIA graphics driver that has been in development for years as a community-based, reverse-engineered implementation of NVIDIA's closed-source Linux graphics driver. NVIDIA took a neutral stance on Nouveau until 2013 when it began supporting the project with limited code and documentation beginning to appear. Nouveau consists of an open-source kernel DRM driver, Gallium3D drivers, and xf86-video-nouveau DDX.

Additional Information: nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki

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Nouveau Articles & Reviews

Nouveau Re-Clocked With DRM-Next Linux 4.12 + Mesa...   Display Drivers   27 Apr 2017
Trying Out Nouveau's Accelerated Pascal Support With...   Display Drivers   25 Apr 2017
Mesa 13.0 vs. 17.0 Performance For RADV/RadeonSI: Big...   Display Drivers   09 Feb 2017
Nouveau Maxwell: Mesa 17.0 + Linux 4.10 vs. NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   22 Jan 2017
Mesa Git Delivering Faster Intel Vulkan Performance,...   Display Drivers   16 Jan 2017
A Look At The Huge Performance Boosts With Nouveau...   Display Drivers   15 Jan 2017
AMD & NVIDIA: Open vs. Closed-Source Driver...   Display Drivers   09 Jan 2017
Open-Source Nouveau Linux 4.10 + NvBoost vs. NVIDIA...   Display Drivers   07 Jan 2017
Testing Nouveau's Open-Source NVIDIA Support On Linux...   Display Drivers   05 Jan 2017
Radeon vs. Nouveau Open-Source Drivers On Mesa Git +...   Graphics Cards   21 Oct 2016
Nouveau Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1-dev vs. NVIDIA OpenGL...   Display Drivers   14 Oct 2016
Nouveau Open-Source NVIDIA Tests On Linux 4.8, Mesa...   Display Drivers   23 Aug 2016
Nouveau With Boost Patches Are Now Competitive To...   Display Drivers   20 Apr 2016
Nouveau "Boost" Patches Show Much...   Display Drivers   16 Apr 2016
Nouveau Kepler On Linux 4.6 vs. NVIDIA's 364...   Display Drivers   04 Apr 2016
Nouveau Kepler vs. Maxwell Performance On Linux 4.6 +...   Display Drivers   30 Mar 2016
The NVIDIA GTX 900 Series Performance On The...   Display Drivers   28 Mar 2016
Radeon vs. Nouveau Gallium3D Driver Performance On...   Display Drivers   13 Feb 2016
Nouveau Linux 4.5 vs. NVIDIA OpenGL Performance:...   Display Drivers   10 Feb 2016
The Open-Source NVIDIA Linux Driver Continued Evolving...   Display Drivers   28 Dec 2015
NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Linux Driver Performance With Extra...   Display Drivers   22 Dec 2015
Radeon DRM Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 vs. AMD's...   Display Drivers   29 Nov 2015
AMDGPU With PowerPlay Compared To AMD's Catalyst Linux...   Display Drivers   27 Nov 2015
How Nouveau Compares To NVIDIA's Linux Driver When...   Display Drivers   27 Nov 2015
Early Radeon vs. Nouveau OpenGL Tests On Linux 4.4   Display Drivers   23 Nov 2015
Nouveau Kepler Re-Clocking Is Working A Lot Better On...   Display Drivers   20 Nov 2015
The Graphics Cards On Open-Source Linux Drivers With...   Graphics Cards   15 Sep 2015
Trying Out The Open-Source NVIDIA/Nouveau Driver...   Display Drivers   10 Sep 2015
Open-Source Mesa Drivers Now Supporting OpenGL 4.0+   Display Drivers   23 Jul 2015
NVIDIA's 352 Linux Driver Against Linux 4.1 With...   Display Drivers   11 Jul 2015
GeForce GTX 750 Series: Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux...   Display Drivers   04 May 2015
Open-Source NVIDIA/Nouveau Tests On Linux 3.19   Display Drivers   12 Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/980: Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux...   Display Drivers   08 Jan 2015
NVIDIA Linux Driver Continues Running Strong Against...   Display Drivers   05 Jan 2015
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA GeForce Linux Performance At The...   Display Drivers   30 Dec 2014
NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Drivers With Linux 3.18 + Mesa...   Display Drivers   21 Nov 2014
Is The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Fast Enough For Steam...   Display Drivers   19 Nov 2014
NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Drivers On Ubuntu 14.10   Display Drivers   27 Oct 2014
How Intel Graphics On Linux Compare To Open-Source...   Linux Gaming   31 Aug 2014
The Fastest NVIDIA GPUs For Open-Source Nouveau With...   Linux Gaming   30 Aug 2014
20-Way Radeon Comparison With Open-Source Graphics For...   Linux Gaming   27 Aug 2014
Radeon Gallium3D Is Running Increasingly Well Against...   Display Drivers   05 Aug 2014
Even With Re-Clocking, Nouveau Remains Behind NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   28 Jul 2014
The Power Consumption & Efficiency Of Open-Source...   Display Drivers   26 Jul 2014
Nouveau vs. Radeon vs. Intel Tests On Linux 3.16, Mesa...   Display Drivers   25 Jul 2014
Intel Haswell HD Graphics Benchmarks With Linux 3.16   Software   27 Jun 2014
Open-Source Radeon Performance Boosted By Linux 3.16   Display Drivers   23 Jun 2014
Nouveau Re-Clocking Is Way Faster, Shows Much Progress...   Display Drivers   20 Jun 2014
Open-Source Radeon Takes On AMD Catalyst In 2D...   Display Drivers   17 Jun 2014
Trying Out Nouveau GPU Re-Clocking On Linux 3.16   Display Drivers   16 Jun 2014
Linux 2D Performance: Nouveau vs. NVIDIA   Display Drivers   14 Jun 2014
35-Way NVIDIA/AMD Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver...   Graphics Cards   12 Jun 2014
The Performance-Per-Watt, Efficiency Of GPUs On...   Graphics Cards   05 Jun 2014
Until Re-Clocking Is Figured Out, Nouveau Remains Very...   Display Drivers   18 May 2014
Catalyst 14.4 Has Advantages Over Linux 3.15 + Mesa...   Display Drivers   16 May 2014
Intel vs. Radeon vs. Nouveau On Linux 3.15 + Mesa...   Display Drivers   14 May 2014
Intel HD Graphics On Linux 3.15 Brings Few Changes   Display Drivers   04 May 2014
Nouveau Graphics On Linux 3.15   Display Drivers   03 May 2014
20-Way Intel/AMD/NVIDIA GPU Comparison With Ubuntu...   Display Drivers   07 Apr 2014
NVIDIA Fermi/Kepler GPUs Are The Best Bet For Ubuntu...   Display Drivers   06 Apr 2014
NVIDIA GeForce 700 Series: Stick To The Binary Linux...   Display Drivers   21 Mar 2014
Intel, Radeon, Nouveau Preview On Linux 3.14 With Mesa...   Display Drivers   20 Mar 2014
Nouveau Drags Behind Intel & Radeon For Linux 2D...   Display Drivers   18 Mar 2014
Mesa 10.1 Released With Many Open-Source Driver...   Display Drivers   05 Mar 2014
11-Way Low-End & Older Open-Source GPU Linux...   Display Drivers   26 Feb 2014
Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Is Still Sour For Some GPUs   Display Drivers   24 Jan 2014
27-Way NVIDIA & AMD Graphics Card Benchmarks On...   Graphics Cards   02 Dec 2013
9-Way NVIDIA GeForce Linux OpenCL GPU Benchmarks   Graphics Cards   29 Nov 2013
Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Works On Some GeForce 700...   Display Drivers   27 Nov 2013
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux vs. NVIDIA Windows 8.1   Display Drivers   31 Oct 2013
Open-Source Nouveau Driver Remains Slow For NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   29 Oct 2013
Linux 3.12 Can Change AMD's Catalyst Performance   Display Drivers   16 Oct 2013
Nouveau Performance Is Faster With Linux 3.12   Software   15 Oct 2013
4-Way Nouveau Benchmarks On Linux 3.12, Mesa 9.3   Display Drivers   26 Sep 2013
Nouveau Benchmarks Lack Change On Mesa 9.2   Display Drivers   06 Aug 2013
AMD Gallium3D & Catalyst Drivers Compete Against...   Display Drivers   02 Aug 2013
NVIDIA's Linux Driver On Ubuntu Is Very Competitive...   Graphics Cards   30 Jul 2013
NVIDIA Mobile: Nouveau vs. The Linux Binary Driver   Display Drivers   07 Jul 2013
Unity On XMir Performance For Nouveau Gallium3D   Software   30 Jun 2013
15-Way Open vs. Closed Source NVIDIA/AMD Linux GPU...   Graphics Cards   29 Apr 2013
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux Comparison Shows Shortcomings   Display Drivers   23 Apr 2013
Mesa 9.2 Brings Better Performance To Intel Ivy Bridge   Display Drivers   13 Apr 2013
Early Ubuntu 13.04 Benchmarks On The Intel Atom   Operating Systems   20 Jan 2013
ION: Nouveau Competes With The NVIDIA R310 Driver   Display Drivers   18 Jan 2013
Five-Way NVIDIA GeForce Comparison On Nouveau   Display Drivers   11 Jan 2013
NVIDIA GeForce 600 "Kepler" On Open-Source:...   Display Drivers   08 Jan 2013
Nouveau Driver Remains Much Slower Than NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   04 Jan 2013
Early Benchmark Preview Of The Linux 3.8 Kernel   Software   03 Jan 2013
Nouveau NVIDIA Driver Can Be Faster With Linux 3.8   Display Drivers   02 Jan 2013
Checking In On Nouveau Gallium3D For Mesa 9.1   Display Drivers   29 Dec 2012
Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop Comparison: 6 Desktops, 5...   Software   13 Dec 2012
8-Way NVIDIA Nouveau GPU Comparison   Graphics Cards   29 Nov 2012
Clock-For-Clock, Nouveau Can Compete With NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   06 Nov 2012
Nouveau Re-Clocking, NVIDIA vs. Nouveau Drivers   Display Drivers   08 Oct 2012
Unity 6.8 Doesn't Change Much For Performance   Operating Systems   07 Oct 2012
Trying Out The Nouveau Driver Rewrite   Display Drivers   06 Oct 2012
LLVMpipe On Mesa 8.1 Performance   Display Drivers   07 Aug 2012
Intel Ivy Bridge Performance Drops In Mesa 8.1   Display Drivers   30 Jul 2012
R300 Gallium3D Driver In Mixed State For Mesa 8.1   Display Drivers   27 Jul 2012
Mesa 8.1 Will Offer Some Speed Improvements For...   Display Drivers   25 Jul 2012

Nouveau Linux News

Mesa 17.2.1 Released With Restored RADV Vulkan RX Vega...   Mesa   17 Sep 2017
Experimental Nouveau Reclocking Patches Updated,...   Nouveau   16 Sep 2017
The DRM Changes For The Linux 4.14 Kernel   Linux Kernel   16 Sep 2017
Mesa 17.2.1 Being Prepped For Release Next Week   Mesa   15 Sep 2017
Linux 4.14 Will Indeed Be A Long-Term Support Release   Linux Kernel   06 Sep 2017
Nouveau DRM Wires In Pascal Temperature Sensor Support   Nouveau   06 Sep 2017
The DRM Changes To Find With The Linux 4.14 Kernel   Linux Kernel   23 Aug 2017
Nouveau's Meager Changes Queued Up In DRM-Next For...   Nouveau   22 Aug 2017
Mesa 17.1.7 Brings Various Fixes For Users Of Stable...   Mesa   21 Aug 2017
Mesa 17.2-RC5 Released, Final Should Come Within One...   Mesa   21 Aug 2017
Mesa 17.1.7 Being Prepped For Release   Mesa   19 Aug 2017
HMM Revised Its 25th Time, Seeking Inclusion In Linux...   Linux Kernel   17 Aug 2017
COMPOTE: Working On HMM/Compute For Open-Source NVIDIA...   Nouveau   10 Aug 2017
Mesa Patches For Two Of The Fairly Trivial OpenGL 4.6...   Mesa   08 Aug 2017
Nouveau Still Working To Support The GP108 / NVIDIA GT...   Nouveau   04 Aug 2017
ARB_gl_spirv Is The Main Obstacle For Mesa Drivers...   Mesa   31 Jul 2017
Nouveau Gets Thermal Throttling, One Step Closer For...   Nouveau   21 Jul 2017
Intel Mesa Driver Lands Support For OpenGL...   Intel   20 Jul 2017
Server-Side GLVND Being Hacked On, Could Help PRIME...   X.Org   18 Jul 2017
I Had A Tough Time Deciding What GPU To Use On My Main...   Fedora   16 Jul 2017
Changes That You Won't Find In Linux 4.13   Linux Kernel   14 Jul 2017
Fedora Planning To Make NVIDIA Driver Easier, Full HDR...   Fedora   13 Jul 2017
The Changes So Far Of The Linux 4.13 Kernel   Linux Kernel   11 Jul 2017
The Big DRM Pull Request Submitted For Linux 4.13   Linux Kernel   09 Jul 2017
X.Org 2017 Summer Projects Continue Making Progress   X.Org   09 Jul 2017
Nouveau Thermal Monitoring Support For GeForce GTX 900...   Nouveau   04 Jul 2017
GNU Linux-libre 4.12 Kernel Released, More Driver...   Linux Kernel   03 Jul 2017
What Excites Me The Most About The Linux 4.12 Kernel   Linux Kernel   30 Jun 2017
GSoC Work On Nouveau Instruction Scheduling Advances   Nouveau   19 Jun 2017
Mesa 17.1.3 Released   Mesa   19 Jun 2017
Trying Intel Kabylake Graphics With Dawn of War III...   Intel   08 Jun 2017
Nouveau NVC0 Enables ARB_post_depth_coverage   Nouveau   03 Jun 2017
Mesa 17.0.7 Released, Mesa 17.0 Hits The End Of The...   Mesa   01 Jun 2017
Mesa Developers Discuss Branching Off Old Drivers,...   Mesa   26 May 2017
Heterogeneous Memory Management Steps Up To Version 22   Linux Kernel   23 May 2017
GeForce GT 1030 Will Work With NVIDIA 381 Linux...   Hardware   19 May 2017
The Features You Won't Find In The Linux 4.12 Kernel   Linux Kernel   15 May 2017
The New Features So Far For The Linux 4.12 Kernel   Linux Kernel   07 May 2017
RADV Radeon Driver Is Now "Effectively" A...   Mesa   04 May 2017
Exciting GSoC 2017 Projects: Vulkan Software Renderer,...   Google   04 May 2017
Nouveau Developer Working On Adding SPIR-V Support To...   Nouveau   03 May 2017
The Huge DRM Driver Update Submitted For Linux 4.12:...   Linux Kernel   03 May 2017
Mesa 17.0.5 Is Now Available With 40+ Fixes   Mesa   29 Apr 2017
Mesa 17.0.5 RC1 Packing More Than Three Dozen Fixes   Mesa   27 Apr 2017
Red Hat Is Hiring Another Developer For Open-Source...   Red Hat   25 Apr 2017
Compute Shader Patches For Nouveau Pascal   Nouveau   23 Apr 2017
Nouveau 1.0.15 X.Org Driver Released With Pascal...   Nouveau   22 Apr 2017
Linux 4.12 Should Be Another Exciting, Featureful...   Linux Kernel   21 Apr 2017
Nouveau In Linux 4.13 Will Support HDMI Stereo 3D   Nouveau   16 Apr 2017
AMD's Kernel Graphics Code Is Approaching One Million...   Linux Kernel   13 Apr 2017
Intel's Beignet Lands LLVM 4.0 Backend Support   Intel   13 Apr 2017
DRM Changes To Look Forward To With Linux 4.12: Vega,...   Linux Kernel   12 Apr 2017
NVIDIA Fermi On Nouveau Makes Baby Steps Towards...   Nouveau   11 Apr 2017
Nouveau Gets Patches For OpenGL AZDO ARB_shader_ballot   Nouveau   08 Apr 2017
GP10B & GP107 NVIDIA Support Land For Nouveau...   Nouveau   08 Apr 2017
NVIDIA's "Open-Source Guy" Has Left The...   NVIDIA   07 Apr 2017
Heterogeneous Memory Management v19 Published, Will It...   Linux Kernel   06 Apr 2017
NVIDIA Tegra X2 GPU Firmware Published   NVIDIA   05 Apr 2017
DRM Maintainers Are Running Out Of Time To Ship New...   Linux Kernel   03 Apr 2017
Mesa 17.0.3 Released   Mesa   03 Apr 2017
Students Are Missing Out On An Incredible Opportunity...   Google   01 Apr 2017
Mesa 17.0.3 Being Prepped With 30+ Fixes   Mesa   30 Mar 2017
ARB_shader_clock & ARB_shader_group_vote For...   Radeon   30 Mar 2017
Pascal Is Now Supported By The Nouveau X.Org Driver   Nouveau   30 Mar 2017
NVIDIA Rolls Out Tegra X2 GPU Support In Nouveau   Nouveau   29 Mar 2017
HDMI 3D Support Revised For Nouveau DRM   Nouveau   29 Mar 2017
Atomic Mode-Setting Support For VMware's VMWGFX DRM...   Linux Kernel   28 Mar 2017
NV_fill_rectangle Coming To Gallium3D/Nouveau   Nouveau   25 Mar 2017
Qt 5.9 Beta Snapshot Released, Boasts Shader Binary...   Qt   23 Mar 2017
Nouveau TGSI Shader Cache Enabled In Mesa 17.1 Git   Mesa   23 Mar 2017
Feral Now Formally Providing Free Linux Games To Mesa...   Linux Gaming   22 Mar 2017
Mesa 17.0.2 Released Along WIth Mesa 13.0.6   Mesa   20 Mar 2017
Mesa 17.0.2 Release Candidate Queues 40+ Changes   Mesa   17 Mar 2017
Heterogeneous Memory Management Is Still Planning For...   Linux Kernel   17 Mar 2017
Mesa 13.0.6 Is Being Prepared For Release With Many...   Mesa   15 Mar 2017
NetBSD 7.1 Released, Brings Initial Nouveau DRM &...   BSD   15 Mar 2017
Nouveau Patch For Enabling The GLSL/TGSI On-Disk...   Mesa   11 Mar 2017
Nouveau's GTX 1000 Acceleration Support Queued In...   Nouveau   08 Mar 2017
Nouveau 1.0.14 Released With GM10x/GM20x Accelerated...   Nouveau   07 Mar 2017
Intel Sends First Batch Of Changes To DRM-Next For...   Intel   07 Mar 2017
NVIDIA Signed Firmware Published For Pascal...   Nouveau   02 Mar 2017
Mesa 17.0.1 Is Near, Release Candidate Is Out   Mesa   01 Mar 2017
Initial Open-Source Accelerated Support Comes To...   Nouveau   01 Mar 2017
Ryzen, Linux 4.11, Windows 10 & Kabylake Were...   Phoronix   01 Mar 2017
X.Org Has Been Accepted For The 2017 Google Summer of...   X.Org   28 Feb 2017
NetBSD 7.1 RC2 Released   BSD   26 Feb 2017
Experimental Patches Revised For AMDGPU HDMI Stereo...   Radeon   25 Feb 2017
Trying Nouveau With HITMAN On Linux Doesn't Get Too...   Nouveau   24 Feb 2017
DRM Updates Submitted For Linux 4.11, Torvalds...   Linux Kernel   23 Feb 2017
Heterogeneous Memory Management Isn't Ready For Linux...   Linux Kernel   23 Feb 2017
Radeon R9 Fury X Gets LED Support With AMDGPU   Radeon   23 Feb 2017
Looking Ahead To The Linux 4.11 Kernel   Linux Kernel   19 Feb 2017
Ten Features You Will Not Find In The Mainline Linux...   Linux Kernel   18 Feb 2017
Nouveau Changes Prepped For Linux 4.11 Kernel   Nouveau   17 Feb 2017
QXL DRM Driver Picks Up Atomic Mode-Setting Support   X.Org   16 Feb 2017
Mesa 17.0.0 Officially Released   Mesa   13 Feb 2017
Ten Exciting Features Of The Linux 4.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   12 Feb 2017
Intel's Linux Graphics Driver To Enable Atomic Support...   Intel   12 Feb 2017
Nouveau: Mesa 13.0 vs. 17.0 vs. 17.1-devel OpenGL...   Nouveau   11 Feb 2017
Trying Nouveau NVC0 Gallium3D With Civilization 6 On...   Nouveau   10 Feb 2017