I’m not a developer but I think this would be a nice feature if someone could implement someday
Hello, I’d like to understand why Plasma dont have switcheroo-control integration as gnome does in Laptop with hybrid video intel/nvidia.
In gnome for example I can install the switcheroo-control and after that the distro run all in intel and only some apps I can just do a right click and to chose: Open with Nivida Gpu. or also some apps already open auto with nvidia as steam for example.
I know that I can let the system in intel mode and use some commands in steam to the games open with nvidia but also this take much time when we just install an app for example Blender and we want to fast do a right click and open the app with nvidia.
Why in kde plasma this integration dont work? is that something difficult to do it? does someone already tried to add that in plasma? or people just dont mind to use that in plasma?
I’m not here to compare gnome and plasma, I just talk about gnome to explain the functionality what I mean.
I used to use optimus-manager with a widget (can’t remember if the widget comes with it or if it’s third party) is it something similar to what you’re talking about ?
No, its not the same. This widget only allows you to switch the entire system to intel or nvidia. This dont make sense in a laptop. With switcheroo-control we can use the entire system in intel and just with a right click open some apps in nvidia. Same as in gnome or windows does
At least for now. That doesn’t mean it won’t be added in the future. Maybe a Dev gets a Laptop with a dedicated GPU in the future and wants to implement it then.
Also in the future there might be a Sponsorship opportunities category
If many people would like to see a feature (and willing to sponsor), the feature is reasonable, then that also looks like a feasible option.
In fact a bunch of work has been going into multi-GPU use cases, and I’m aware of two recently-merged merge requests and another open one. So it’s quite possible that we’ll see both bug fixes and UI improvements here.
I was also checking here and I saw that there are some requests about switcheroo, if I understood well is this something that in the moment its being worked ?
Could you pls talk about that with others dev too? Idk if all dev watch this forum and also if there are many requests from people to this feature. This is something really useful