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Hi all, This is @Askannz, creator and current maintainer of optimus-manager. I just wanted to update users about the state of this project. ## TLDR * I lack the expertise to keep developing optimus-manager, and that's why it hasn't been actively developed for a while * My test hardware is pretty old at this point and doesn't reflect modern Optimus laptops * I'm looking to hand over the project to a new maintainer, if anyone is interested * In the meantime I'll keep the project working to the extent that I can ## The long version First off, apologies for the lack of updates for the past…err…couple years? I wish I could blame it on the COVID mayhem but the truth is that I don’t feel qualified to work on this project anymore. ### Dealing with bug reports I originally started optimus-manager because I had an Optimus laptop I wanted to run Archlinux on, and realized Archlinux didn’t have as good a solution as Ubuntu for handling that kind of dual-GPU setup. So I copied Ubuntu’s solution, made a script for myself and published it to Github thinking that maybe others would find it useful. I never imagined this project would become so popular, and I just can’t believe it’s gotten over 2k stars on Github. I’m proud and thankful for it, but frankly also a bit overwhelmed. Optimus-manager has never been anything more than a bunch of existing scripts cobbled together into a nicer package, and to this day the way it does GPU switching is still pretty hacky (dynamically re-generati
Posted by Askannz on Jun 18, 2023, 7:23 AM
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Hi all, This is @Askannz, creator and current maintainer of optimus-manager. I just wanted to update users about the state of this project. ## TLDR * I lack the expertise to keep developing optimus-manager, and that's why it hasn't been actively developed for a while * My test hardware is pretty old at this point and doesn't reflect modern Optimus laptops * I'm looking to hand over the project to a new maintainer, if anyone is interested * In the meantime I'll keep the project working to the extent that I can ## The long version First off, apologies for the lack of updates for the past…err…couple years? I wish I could blame it on the COVID mayhem but the truth is that I don’t feel qualified to work on this project anymore. ### Dealing with bug reports I originally started optimus-manager because I had an Optimus laptop I wanted to run Archlinux on, and realized Archlinux didn’t have as good a solution as Ubuntu for handling that kind of dual-GPU setup. So I copied Ubuntu’s solution, made a script for myself and published it to Github thinking that maybe others would find it useful. I never imagined this project would become so popular, and I just can’t believe it’s gotten over 2k stars on Github. I’m proud and thankful for it, but frankly also a bit overwhelmed. Optimus-manager has never been anything more than a bunch of existing scripts cobbled together into a nicer package, and to this day the way it does GPU switching is still pretty hacky (dynamically re-generati
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