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<title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title>
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"NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide">
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Chapter 1. Introduction</th>
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<h2 class="title"><a name="introduction" id=
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"introduction"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h2>
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<h3>About the NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver</h3>
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<p>The NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver brings accelerated
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2D functionality and high-performance OpenGL support to Linux
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x86_64 with the use of NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs).</p>
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<p>These drivers provide optimized hardware acceleration for OpenGL
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and X applications and support nearly all recent NVIDIA GPU
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products (see <a href="supportedchips.html" title=
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"Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA GPU Products">Appendix A,
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<i>Supported NVIDIA GPU Products</i></a> for a complete list of
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supported GPUs).</p>
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<h3>About this Document</h3>
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<p>This document provides instructions for the installation and use
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of the NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver. <a href=
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"selectdriver.html" title=
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"Chapter 3. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System">
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Chapter 3, <i>Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages
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for Your System</i></a>, <a href="installdriver.html" title=
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"Chapter 4. Installing the NVIDIA Driver">Chapter 4,
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<i>Installing the NVIDIA Driver</i></a> and <a href=
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"editxconfig.html" title=
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"Chapter 6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver">Chapter 6,
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<i>Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver</i></a> walk the user
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through the process of downloading, installing and configuring the
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driver. <a href="faq.html" title=
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"Chapter 7. Frequently Asked Questions">Chapter 7,
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<i>Frequently Asked Questions</i></a> addresses frequently asked
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questions about the installation process, and <a href=
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"commonproblems.html" title=
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"Chapter 8. Common Problems">Chapter 8, <i>Common
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Problems</i></a> provides solutions to common problems. The
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remaining chapters include details on different features of the
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NVIDIA Linux Driver. Frequently asked questions about specific
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tasks are included in the relevant chapters. These pages are posted
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on NVIDIA's web site (<a href="http://www.nvidia.com" target=
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"_top">http://www.nvidia.com</a>), and are installed in
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<code class="filename">/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/</code>.</p>
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<h3>About the Audience</h3>
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<p>It is assumed that the user and reader of this document has at
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least a basic understanding of Linux techniques and terminology.
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However, new Linux users can refer to <a href="newusertips.html"
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title=
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"Appendix I. Tips for New Linux Users">Appendix I,
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<i>Tips for New Linux Users</i></a> for details on parts of the
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installation process.</p>
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<h3>Additional Information</h3>
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<p>In case additional information is required, <a href=
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"addtlresources.html" title=
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"Chapter 45. NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional Resources">
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Chapter 45, <i>NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional
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Resources</i></a> provides contact information for NVIDIA Linux
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driver resources, as well as a brief listing of external
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