How to install Nvidia drivers

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Ubuntu release

26.04 LTS

Change type

• New feature or improvement
• Backwards-incompatible change, including removed features
• Deprecated feature – will be removed in a later release
• Bug fix
• Known issue
• Something else (please describe)

Part of Ubuntu

• Desktop
• Server
• Containers
• Virtualization
• Databases
• High availability and clustering
• Development tools
• Enterprise
• Cloud
• Security
• WSL
• Real-time Ubuntu
• Hardware support
• A common, underlying change

Description

The release notes mention the removal of Software & Updates but I don't see the words "Nvidia drivers" mentioned anywhere which arguably is what more people will care about.

An Nvidia drivers section is needed to mention:

• The fastest way to get a driver is: sudo ubuntu-drivers install --recommended
• The supported way to get the latest driver is: sudo ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:595
• You can get back the old GUI with: sudo apt install software-properties-gtk
• The only drivers Ubuntu supports officially are those installed by the above methods.

Workaround

No response

Title

Release note Nvidia drivers.

Major change

No

Tickets

No response

Upstream release notes

No response