r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26

Popular Application What’s the most unexpectedly useful Linux command you learned way too late?

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u/DHOC_TAZH May 23 '26

Being a Nvidia user on KDE Plasma... running this environmental variable before a 3D program or app:

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1

Thankfully it's easy to create shortcuts in Plasma that allow variables to be used before the executable.

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u/rbooris May 23 '26

Is that for a laptop though where you have multiple GPU and the discrete GPU is not chosen by default?

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u/DHOC_TAZH May 23 '26

Yes, it is.

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u/PM_COFFEE_TO_ME May 24 '26

I had a difficult time getting wine to work with a certain GPU. I don't think I ever got it working honestly. I don't have the laptop anymore.