Phoronix spotted the update via Ubuntu's Launchpad platform. What this means is that users can have the proprietary Nvidia driver -- a better option for gaming compared to the open source "Nouveau" ...

Drivers for most standard computer hardware are included in the Linux kernel in Ubuntu. They are open-source and created by the community of Linux users, and some of them do not utilize the functions ...

Learn how Ubuntu's Subiquity 26.04 installer scans your hardware and auto-installs the right OEM or HWE kernel drivers on desktop and server.

I just added the nvidia drivers, and everything seemed to work fine, although kernel updates took (and still take) forever because of that stupid DKMS stuff. However, it's probably worth pointing out ...