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# Expose the minimum required version for evaluating Nixpkgs

     

       
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## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-24.11-incompatibilities}

     

       
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- The NVIDIA driver no longer defaults to the proprietary kernel module with versions >= 560. You will need to manually set `hardware.nvidia.open` to select the proprietary or open modules.