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NVIDIA Optimus Articles & Reviews

Testing NVIDIA Optimus / DRI PRIME On Ubuntu 14.04   Display Drivers   2014-04-28
ASUS Zenbook Prime Linux Benchmarks   Computers   2013-12-28

NVIDIA Optimus Linux & Open-Source News

NVIDIA Improving wlroots For Better Dual-GPU Gaming Performance   Wayland   2023-03-16
KDE Sees More Crash Fixes Following Plasma 5.21 Release   KDE   2021-02-20
Linux Mint 20 "Ulyana" Released - Based On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   Operating Systems   2020-06-27
Linux Mint 20 Beta Released - Based On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Introduces Warpinator   Operating Systems   2020-06-14
Linux Mint 20 To Better Fend Off Snaps, Improve NVIDIA Optimus Support   Operating Systems   2020-06-01
KDE Starts April With Big Performance Jump For Local I/O + 50~95% Faster Samba Transfers   KDE   2020-04-05
2010 Through 2019 NVIDIA Linux News Topped By Linus Torvald's Criticism + Overclocking   NVIDIA   2019-12-19
System76 Rolls Out Pop!_OS 18.04 For Testing   Operating Systems   2018-04-14
Solus 4 Is Working On Restoring Wayland Support, NVIDIA Improvements   Operating Systems   2017-11-01
Solus 2017.04.18 Brings Updates, Bulletproof Boot Management   Operating Systems   2017-04-18
Fedora 25 Is Vetting Their Switchable Graphics Support This Week   Fedora   2016-11-01
GNOME Shell Making It Easy To Launch Apps/Games For Optimus / Dual GPU Systems   GNOME   2016-10-22
More PRIME Features May Be Coming For X.Org Server 1.18   X.Org   2015-06-14
Optimus/Primus Regresses On Latest Mesa 10.5.5 Release   Mesa   2015-06-05
The Issues People Face With Fedora Workstation   Fedora   2015-05-08
Metro Last Light & 2033 Redux Get Updated For Linux   Linux Gaming   2015-02-13
NVIDIA Optimus Linux Power Battery Tests   Hardware   2013-12-22
Exciting Upcoming Linux Hardware Reviews, Articles   Hardware   2013-12-12
NVIDIA (Optimus) PRIME Update Lands In Ubuntu 14.04   NVIDIA   2013-12-10
December Should Be Very Exciting For Linux Users   Phoronix   2013-12-02
Mesa DRI PRIME Support Comes To Wayland   Wayland   2013-11-07
Linux 3.12 Changes, Kernel Feature Overview   Linux Kernel   2013-11-03
An Overview Of Linux 3.12 Kernel Features   Linux Kernel   2013-09-15
Intel Driver Gains Virtual/Remote Output Support   Intel   2013-08-31
Nouveau Works On Optimus Dynamic Power Handling   Nouveau   2013-08-02
Ubuntu Still Figuring Out How To Handle Hybrid Graphics   Ubuntu   2013-05-15
What Was Striking On Phoronix Last Month   Phoronix   2013-05-01
NVIDIA Has Major New Linux Driver: Optimus, RandR 1.4   NVIDIA   2013-04-09
Hardware Expectations For Valve's Steam Box   Valve   2013-03-08
GLX_MESA_query_renderer Extension Published   Intel   2013-03-01
PRIME/DMA_BUF Support For Wayland   Wayland   2013-02-28
Sabayon 11 Supports UEFI, NVIDIA Optimus   Operating Systems   2013-02-15
NVIDIA's PRIME Helpers Are Ready For Linux 3.9   NVIDIA   2013-02-15
David Airlie Talks About RandR 1.4, Reverse PRIME   X.Org   2013-02-06
Nouveau Gains Reverse PRIME Support   Nouveau   2013-02-06
NVIDIA Still Working On PRIME/DMA-BUF Contribution   NVIDIA   2013-01-15
David Airlie Announces "Reverse Optimus" Multi-GPU   Hardware   2013-01-07
NVIDIA Publishes PRIME Helper Patches   NVIDIA   2012-12-06
Nouveau Work On Kepler. Optimus, Gets A Falcon   Nouveau   2012-11-22
Bickering Continues About NVIDIA Using DMA-BUF   Nouveau   2012-10-18
Mageia 3 Gets Its Second Alpha Release   Operating Systems   2012-10-15
Linux Developers Still Reject NVIDIA Using DMA-BUF   NVIDIA   2012-10-11
Linux/X.Org NVIDIA Optimus Support Update   Nouveau   2012-09-21
Nouveau Releases New Driver With PRIME Support   Nouveau   2012-09-12
Dynamic GPU Power-Off Support For DRM Drivers   X.Org   2012-09-10
Primus: Client-Side GPU Offloading In 500 Lines Of Code   Mesa   2012-09-03
DRI2 Offloading Support Hits The X.Org Drivers   X.Org   2012-09-03
NVIDIA Confirms It's Working On Optimus Linux Support   NVIDIA   2012-08-31
XDC: Hardware-Independent Graphics Driver & More   X.Org   2012-08-24
Radeon PRIME Import/Export Support For Libdrm   Radeon   2012-08-13
NVIDIA To Meet With X.Org Developers Next Month   NVIDIA   2012-08-10
DMA-BUF Synchronization With PRIME   Nouveau   2012-07-11
Potential Good News For NVIDIA Optimus On Linux   NVIDIA   2012-06-28
Linux Driver Support Still Leaves A Lot To Desire   Hardware   2012-06-21
RandR 1.5 Works: GPU Offloading, USB Hotplugging   X.Org   2012-06-19
Linux On The 2012 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro?   Hardware   2012-06-12
The Extra DMA-BUF PRIME Patches For Linux 3.5   Linux Kernel   2012-05-31
The New X.Org Server Driver API Is Coming   X.Org   2012-05-14
DMA-BUF PRIME Coming Together For Linux 3.5   Linux Kernel   2012-05-12
NVIDIA Tegra With Dedicated Quadro/GeForce?   NVIDIA   2012-05-10
The Biggest Problem For A Linux PC Vendor   Ubuntu   2012-05-08
Canonical Publishes Apple Hybrid Graphics Driver   Apple   2012-03-16
There's Hope For DMA-BUF With Non-GPL Drivers   NVIDIA   2012-02-20
DMA-BUF Is Ready To Push Forward Linux Drivers   Free Software   2012-02-07
NVIDIA Talks Of Optimus Possibilities For Linux   NVIDIA   2012-01-25
Bumblebee Has Tumbleweed For NVIDIA Optimus On Linux   NVIDIA   2012-01-20
Moving Closer To NVIDIA Optimus On Linux   Nouveau   2012-01-13
Virtual CRTCs Are Brought Up Again   X.Org   2011-11-25
Experimental Code Published For Virtual CRTCs   X.Org   2011-11-03
Linux Hybrid Graphics Will Be A Mess For A While   Hardware   2011-10-31
First Phase Of X.Org GPU Hot-Plugging Works   X.Org   2011-10-22
Missing Functionality From The Linux Graphics Drivers   NVIDIA   2011-07-16
DisplayLink Continues To Progress On Linux, But No 3D   Hardware   2011-06-02
The DRM Pull For The Gardenshed (Linux 3.0) Kernel   Linux Kernel   2011-05-24
Linus Talks Of Linux 2.8 Or Linux 3.0; Ending Linux 2.6   Linux Kernel   2011-05-23
What Not To Expect From The Linux 2.6.40 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2011-05-22
Optimus Fun Merged For Linux 2.6.40 Kernel   NVIDIA   2011-05-10
NVIDIA Optimus Unofficially Comes To Linux   NVIDIA   2011-05-08
Will NVIDIA Optimus Inevitably Come To Linux?   NVIDIA   2011-04-25