Optimus on Linux Problem Solved

So it seems that the hacker community has gotten optimus working on linux at least in a basic form. Optimus on Linux Problem Solved | Martin Juhl's Blog

 

It is nice to see that things are moving and I agree that this advance is great, I wasn't expecting that people would figure it out that quickly.

But still there isn't support for the iGPU and it still takes a lot of power (as they say on their website), so I don't think they should claim it is solved already.
Maybe the hardest part, but yet there are some miles to go before a proper "Optimus" experience.

But thanks for sharing, Sxooter, it is indeed great news!

 

Interesting workaround, definitely not a solution. Comments are disabled on that blog, but there's a thread here: Optimus on Linux - Solved... - nV News Forums

 

Sorry for this offtopic rant but the last paragraph in the following post at nvnews just seems so typically Dell to me that I can't resist emphasising it:
nV News Forums - View Single Post - Optimus on Linux - Solved...

 

Bwahahahaha. That's rich. Like I've said before, Dell tech support is great for my mom etc. But if you have a real problem they're close to worthless. But that's true of MANY large tech companies as well.