NVIDIA Releases Optimus Linux Driver With New Features

An anonymous reader writes "Nearly one year after Linux creator Linux Torvalds publicly bashed NVIDIA and several years after their multi-GPU mobile technology premiered, the graphics vendor has finally delivered an Optimus-supported Linux driver. NVIDIA released the 319.12 Beta Linux driver that brings support for 'RandR 1.4 GPU provider objects' that basically allows for Optimus-like functionality when using the latest X Server, Linux kernel, and XRandR. The 319.12 beta also has many other features including better UEFI support, installer improvements, new pages on their settings panel, and new GPU support."

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Fearless Leader

[Flammon]

I love this picture of our fearless leader. Doing what we've all wanted to do to companies that fuck with us.

http://www.phoronix.net/image.php?id=0x2012&image=linus_nvidia_finger_med

Re:So how do true Scotsmen occupy their downtime?

[Rob the Bold]

So what do "real gamers" (as you define them) do instead of gaming while riding the bus, train, or carpool to and from work?

Angry Birds.

Re:How Optimus affects gaming performance

[Peristaltic]

You silly laptop gamers, *real* gamers use desktops :s

I thought they used d20's.

Re:nVidia have been jerking Linux around

[TheRaven64]

I've been using nVidia Linux drivers since, 1992 (*gasp*)

Gasp indeed. I'd be very impressed by this, given that nVidia was only founded in 1993 and released its first graphics card in 1995.