Run sudo ubuntu-drivers install and reboot to add the drivers your hardware needs on Ubuntu 26.04. See what NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Wi-Fi and printers need, and fix Secure Boot key prompts and missing drivers.
Most printers work on Ubuntu 26.04 with no driver to install. Check whether yours needs one, add the drivers Ubuntu leaves out, set up HP, Brother, Canon and Epson models, scan, and fix printers that will not print.
Most Wi-Fi chips work on Ubuntu 26.04 with no driver to install. Find your chip, add the Broadcom driver if it needs one, install it with no internet from your Ubuntu USB stick, and fix Wi-Fi that is off, missing or keeps dropping.
Intel graphics drivers are built into Ubuntu 26.04, so there is nothing to download. Update, add Intel’s video driver for hardware decoding, confirm OpenGL and Vulkan, set up an Arc card, and fix a desktop stuck on software rendering.
AMD graphics drivers are built into Ubuntu 26.04, so there is nothing to download. Update, confirm your Radeon card uses amdgpu with OpenGL and Vulkan, check video decoding, set up ROCm for AI, and fix a card stuck on llvmpipe or an older Radeon on the wrong driver.
Install NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 26.04 with sudo ubuntu-drivers install, choose the right version for your card including GTX 900 and GTX 10 series, run apps on the NVIDIA card in a laptop, and fix a black screen or a driver that will not load.
The first things to do after installing Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: install updates, get drivers now that Software & Updates is no longer installed, add codecs, turn on the firewall and set up backups. Then ten optional steps, from Flathub to free Ubuntu Pro.
Windsurf is now called Devin Desktop, and the Linux install still runs through the Windsurf apt repository. This guide adds it in three steps, explains what changes if you already had Windsurf, and covers updates, the tarball and removal.
Grok Bot has official Linux builds, but they sit under “More downloads” and the docs say nothing about updates. The .deb quietly adds an apt repository, and that repository is the cleanest way to install it. This guide sets it up in three steps, fixes the error that stops it starting on Ubuntu 24.04 and newer, and explains which plans include it.
Cursor ships a .deb, an RPM and an AppImage for Linux, and the download page says nothing about how any of them update. The .deb quietly registers an apt repository, and that repository is the best way to install the editor. This guide sets it up in three steps, compares the other install methods, and covers Grok Bot, which comes with paid plans and runs on Ubuntu.
