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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by wildmusings on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:17PM (#12276804)
On my T530, there's a firmware option to set the graphics to discrete-only, integrated-only, or optimus. The downside to discrete-only is the power usage. The downside to integrated-only is that the displayport won't work.

All three work great in Windows of course. For Linux, integrated-only is best, followed by discrete-only, and I've never had success with optimus.

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Re:RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops by jlgaddis on Friday August 12, 2016 @02:02PM (#12277545)
I have a W530 that allows you to set it the same way. In my experience, you are ALWAYS better off to pick one or the other and leave it there. Some folks have had success with Bumblebee [0], however.

It's my understanding that newer Thinkpads don't have the BIOS option to switch and that this is much more of a PITA to get working.

[0]: http://bumblebee-project.org

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