[nl]

I do machine learning for a living.

I don't dare update my display drivers unless I have 3 days without a deliverable because of the disaster it usually is.

Usually (yes, more than 50% of the times) it will break my displays (fail to detect both monitors, switch to some weird resolution etc), and always it will break CUDA/CUDNN so I have hours of work making that work again.

I have a completely standard setup: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, NVidia GPU, Intel CPU.

(I've been using Linux since Slackware 0.9, so yes I do know how to configure things. I'm sick of it not getting better since then).

[maccard]

If it makes you feel any better I don’t update my windows display drivers unless ive 3 days free either, for exactly the same reason...

[ManlyBread]

I don't update my drivers at all unless I run into something that refuses to work, don't fix it if it ain't broke

[maccard]

I work in games, so I have to keep relatively up to date.. I’m usually one - two versions behind...

[notafxn]

I suggest you switch to btrfs and use volume snapshots. That way you can take a snapshot just before you do a major upgrade (like a driver update) and if things don't work out you can instantly restore your system so you can keep working.