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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Are AMD laptop discrete gpus good in linux? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to buy used laptop with rx6600m and r7 5800h
Does switch between discrete gpu and apu work on linux for amd gpus?
Maybe there are some pitfalls?

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[–] DumbAceDragon 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

On Linux (Mesa), this feature is known as PRIME.

OH THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED OPTIMUS

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it's the other way around. NVIDIA's marketing name for render offloading (muxless) GPU laptops is NVIDIA Optimus so when the Mesa people were creating the open source version they called it PRIME.

[–] DumbAceDragon 12 points 8 months ago

Ah. Still, neat pun.