openSUSE Handles a Hybrid Graphics Setup Just as Good! #openSUSE #Linux #Computing #Shorts

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So it turns out Pop!_OS isn't the only Linux distribution that works well with a hybrid GPU setup. As I've been playing around with openSUSE lately, I installed it on this resurrected ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 with Intel Iris XE and Nvidia T500 GPU.

The setup experience was even smoother than the T14 Gen 1 with no additional tweaks to get the speakers and microphone working, it added the appropriate software repos for Nvidia drivers, installed the right drivers out of the box, and came pre-installed with switcheroo-control, which is probably the most modern way to work with a hybrid graphics setup.

Let me show you what I mean. So running a script like this to monitor the state of the two GPUs, look how the utilization changes the moment I launch a program that can benefit from the discreet GPU. This is literally without any manual customization, or additional package installation. Now if that isn't cool, I do not know what is!