Linux Mint 20, Kernel 5.8.0, and NVIDIA Driver 450.57

📅 August 3, 2020
Linux kernel 5.8.0 was released a little while ago, and, like every inquisitive Linux user who needs to run the latest and greatest kernel just because it has a new version number, I installed it in Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon to see how it would perform.

The result? It’s great! Well, it works just as good as any other kernel I have tried. However, I did run into issues with the latest NVIDIA driver 450.57 because, well, that has a new version number too!

Installing kernel 5.8.0 was easy. Getting the NVIDIA driver to play with it was tricky, but I managed to get it working eventually. Here are a few notes from my experience.