Switcheroo Control
Switcheroo-Control D-Bus service to check the availability of dual-GPU, integrates with the settings of KDE/plasma Gnome, and Cinnamon: “Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card” menu item… Read More »Switcheroo Control
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Envy Control
Envy Control EnvyControl is a CLI tool that provides an easy way to switch between GPU modes on Nvidia Optimus systems (i.e laptops with hybrid… Read More »Envy Control
New Nvidia driver installer, nvidia-inst
By Manuel, 2022-Mar-31Latest update: 2026-Jan-12 Important for older Nvidia GPUs! Up from (2023-Feb) nvidia-inst does not support installing (older) legacy drivers. This means certain older… Read More »New Nvidia driver installer, nvidia-inst
Optimus Switch – Another Solution for Optimus Laptops
Optimus Switch – Another Solution for Optimus Laptops By Linesma Introduction Since their introduction, getting Optimus (Intel/ nVidia) laptops to work properly has been an… Read More »Optimus Switch – Another Solution for Optimus Laptops
Nvidia intro
Nvidia intro Latest update: 12-jan-2026 As most newer cards will work with the latest drivers, older cards are no longer supported by the latest drivers.… Read More »Nvidia intro
Optimus-Manager for Nvidia
Optimus-Manager for Nvidia [for nvidia-latest driver and newer systems supported by that driver] The state of optimus-manager If you have a newer Nvidia-Intel hybrid Notebook,… Read More »Optimus-Manager for Nvidia
Bumblebee for NVIDIA Optimus (older systems)
Bumblebee for NVIDIA Optimus (older systems) This is candidate for removal, as of only needed for devices already gone legacy for long times. Introduction For… Read More »Bumblebee for NVIDIA Optimus (older systems)
NVidia Optimus Notebooks (hybrid graphics)
Find out if you are on such system run this from terminal: lspci -vnn | grep ‘\”[030[02]\]’ if it gives out something like this with… Read More »NVidia Optimus Notebooks (hybrid graphics)
Nouveau
by Bryanpwo If your Nvidia card isn’t supported anymore by the proprietary nvidia driver, you can use the open-source driver provided by Linux. Most of… Read More »Nouveau
Nvidia Optional Enhancements and Troubleshooting
Nvidia Optional Enhancements and Troubleshooting It can happen that you will fail to load the Nvidia driver in some cases, such as the presence of… Read More »Nvidia Optional Enhancements and Troubleshooting