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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[โ€“] dhruv@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that's a bummer. In my case, my system had a MUX switch, though I'm not fully familiar with it, it changed GPUs based on what the application demanded. It turned out to be a huge pain in the ass when the mighty Alienware turned out to be a bug riddled bloatware laptop and I had to disable the MUX switch to actually play games. Stuck with the dedicated GPU like you now, unfortunately.

[โ€“] grahamsz@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the Intel/nvidia combo works (with a lot of caveats) but the amd/nvidia one seems way less supported. Not a massive deal for me as I mostly use it as a desktop replacement machine, but it does suck to only get about 2.5 hrs of battery life on the rare occasions that i'm untethered.

[โ€“] dhruv@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My alternate GPU was an Intel UHD