Kubuntu 26.04 upgrade on a 2014 laptop went superbly well

Here's what ought to be my finest article of 2026. With great glee, respect and joy, I present you my extremely enthusiastic article about the operating system upgrade from Kubuntu 24.04 to 26.04 LTS on a 2014-vintage laptop with hybrid Nvidia graphics, including fast and largely problem-free process, excellent post-upgrade results, excellent compatibility with Nvidia drivers in both Wayland and X11 sessions, use of X11 session without compositing and different Nvidia PRIME profiles, improved performance and responsiveness compared to the previous release, spotless hardware and software compatibility, Samba connectivity, full disk encryption and smooth 4K playback, ability to continue using the system until 2036 with Ubuntu Pro support, some tiny glitches and issues, wonderful overall impression, and more. I'm very happy, and may you have some nice reading.