The absolute best fix I've found for Nvidia on Linux is to buy an AMD GPU. Best decision of my PC life.
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2025
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No space in my Thinkpad for an AMD GPU.
E-GPU? lol
Yes, an electric GPU.
Yes, that. Lmao
I replaced my 1660 with a 6700XT and I didn't have to do anything, just plug and play. No drivers or anything. It was ah-mazing
Yup. I got the 6600 from Facebook market for $100. Same thing, plug and play. Fuck shitvidia
I have Intel iGPU and Nvidia dGPU on my laptop, it works perfectly with Prime offload. I never need to switch, it uses Intel for desktop/VA-API and offload for games. No issues, at all on my distribution.
Anyway, every thread have your kind of unhelpful comment. The thing is some people have Nvidia, some have AMD and AMD also have bugs. Let's try to make everyone happy, not everyone have piles of money to throw after new hardware.
Wow. This is kind of idiotic, hope that both implement a gui option
Envycontrol does have gui tool
There's a bunch of GUI options nowadays, but it depends on your distro and model of GPU. For example I used envy control but also System76-power (popOS).
You technically don't need either since modern Linux drivers will handle offloading work to your dGPU when an application asks, but for ultimate power saving or for specific hardware quirks (such as struggling to get HDMI out working in hybrid mode) you may want direct control.
For the average gamer who uses their laptop as their primary device and screen you probably don't need to bother.
It's only like a couple of commands and some copy pasting....
Tell that to the average computer user, and they’ll crap their pants. I’m all for the command line being there for power users and people who actually have to manage complex systems, but if you want Linux to go to the moon, you have to consider the average Joe
Not sure why you think I want Linux to go to the moon.
It's easy enough to just make an icon on your desktop that runs the commands for you and you just double click. I'm assuming that anyone who's managed to Install Linux should know a very basic computer skill.
Tell that to the average computer user, and they’ll crap their pants.
Let them.
every time you need to open a terminal for some basic system operation is a defeat for the system
(i get that this is not a very common operation, but still)
There are plenty of times I want to actually just use the console regardless of OS. Linux, Mac, Windows. It's easy enough to just make an icon on your desktop that runs the commands for you and you just double click.
what is it with linux nerds not understanding that you can have configurability without it being mandatory? i'm not saying the terminal shouldn't exist, just that i shouldn't have to use it
It has nothing to do with being a Linux nerd. More of all engineer thing. Using the best tool for the task.
Also literally creating a script or batch file on your desktop is basic baby level computer shit. Double clicking is hard for some I guess.
Yes you should. It's part of what makes Linux Linux.
it's just an os, you're not better just bc you memorized a bunch of terminal commands and willingly subjected yourself to a poorer user experience
if you don't give a fuck about user freedom and just want to use a unix os, then fuck off to any bsd out there and stfu
I mean - IOS exists for you friend. It's not a superiority thing, it's that you're trying to use the wrong OS. Back to the walled garden. It's safe there.
And if you want to whine about needing to type and use a CLI then you can fuck right off back to IOS.
It's it's a command that is regularly used it should be baked into the gui somehow.
It's baked into several distors I've seen. Pop, Ubuntu....
Linux users used to be a heartier breed...
yes and that sucked. i'm glad we're not like that anymore
We have valid reasons to bitch now cause we want non techies to be able to swap away from windows also.
Removing an appendix is just a couple incisions and suturing.
This is what you and I sound like to the average computer user. Most kids don't know what a file is.
Well this seemed like potentially a very convenient fix to a problem I was having but turns out the game I’m trying to play can’t be forced into using the gpu for some reason…. Cool utility though, shame it’s really needed at the same time!
I'm assuming you've looked at command line options to force DRI Prime offloading on an application? But yes this would fix that and save you some struggles!