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This article aims to explain how to use all three of the non-default drivers, and how to disable the Nvidia GPU if you don't want it to make heat. | This article aims to explain how to use all three of the non-default drivers, and how to disable the Nvidia GPU if you don't want it to make heat. | ||
(A GPU driver is not ''purely'' kernel-mode; there are also userspace parts that allow the graphics API to use the kernel part. Mesa, for example, has | (A GPU driver is not ''purely'' kernel-mode; there are also userspace parts that allow the graphics API to use the kernel part. Mesa, for example, has userspace parts for Nouveau and NVK; they are automatically used when appropriate, so no configuration is needed.<ref>If you insist on checking which driver is in use, try running <code>vulkaninfo | grep -i "deviceName\|driverID"</code>. If you see DRIVER_ID_MESA_NVK, that means you are on the shiny new open-source Vulkan driver.</ref> Nvidia's two kernel drivers also need to be hooked up using userspace libraries provided by Nvidia.) | ||
= The proprietary driver = | = The proprietary driver = |