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How to use Nvidia Optimus to switch active GPUs and save power on Linux laptops
Nvidia's power-saving Optimus technology is available on Linux, but the experience is far from smooth out of the box. Here's how to fix it.
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Has anyone here actually gotten Optimus working? How was your experience?
I ran bumblebee since 2013 and I'm pretty happy about it. On some laptops it needs quite a bit configuration to run it properly and I frequently forget to start it when I start a game after I installed it for the first time.
In my opinion bumblebee just works better. Sure, there's a little more setup involved, but it always works.
I ran it for years, I think it was a bit of a performance drop but overall did good
Cool. Maybe I'll give it a shot.