For NVIDIA users, the latest 575 series driver will be available soon in Ubuntu repository. Though, it’s already made into PPA few days ago.

NVIDIA 575 so far is the latest feature branch Linux driver that improved performance for gaming and power management.

The 575 series driver introduced NVIDIA Smooth Motion support. It’s a feature so far only works RTX 50 series graphics card for better gaming performance.

For games without native DLSS support, the feature uses AI to infer additional frames between two rendered frames for overall smoothness of game-play.

Besides that, the driver also added NVIDIA Dynamic Boost support for Linux notebooks running on battery power, extended the __NV_DISABLE_EXPLICIT_SYNC environment variable, so it works for EGL, GLX and Vulkan applications.

For more features about this driver series, see the NVIDIA 575.57.08 release note.

In the past few years, Ubuntu added all NVIDIA production branch drivers (e.g., 535, 550 and 570) support for current LTSs.

For the latest feature branch driver, it’s usually only added for the Ubuntu edition released afterward. And, NVIDIA 575 has been made into Ubuntu 25.10 Dev release repository.

This time the developer team is somehow backporting the driver for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 25.04.

As you see in the screenshot, it’s so far available in the proposed pre-release repositories for testing purpose. Which usually will be made stable in next few weeks.

How to Install NVIDIA 575 in Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, or 25.04

NOTE: As time goes on, the 575 driver may have already made into stable repository when you see this tutorial. Check this link page before getting started.

If you can’t wait to try out the new driver, the popular “Graphics Drivers” team PPA has made the driver few days ago for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 25.04.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open up terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

Adding PPA now automatically refreshes cache. Some Ubuntu based systems may NOT. In the case, run sudo apt update to manually update cache.

2. After that, either launch “Additional Drivers“, choose the 575 driver from list, finally click “Apply Changes” to install graphically.

Tips: When the official driver packages are ready, there’ll be 2 choices:

• nvidia-driver-575 for desktop and gaming.
• nvidia-driver-575-server for server or computing purpose.

Choose either one according to your need.

For choice, you may install the driver from command line:

• First, run command to list all available drivers for your device:

  sudo ubuntu-drivers list

  

• Then, select install a driver, e.g., nvidia 575 for desktop or gaming, by running command:

  sudo ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:575

  Or, install the server driver (if available) for computing:

  sudo ubuntu-drivers install --gpgpu nvidia:575-server

  

3. Finally, restart computer to apply changes.

In addition, for Intel laptop with hybrid graphics cards, the power saving mode in NVIDIA control panel may be grayed out. In the case, run the command below to switch to Intel:

sudo prime-select intel

And for the default GNOME Desktop, there’s an extension available for choice, which can help by adding options in top-right system menu for switching GPU profiles.