Linux and NVIDIA

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  1. okieiam, Feb 15, 2017

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    I am going to buy a second hand MacBook Pro of my friend which have NVIDIA card.
    I want to have Linux on it.
    But I've heard that Apple NVIDIA is neither dedicated nor optimums so does bumblebee or NVidia prime work?
     
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  2. jblagden, Mar 1, 2017
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    I've heard Bumblebee works, though I don't know if it works on the MacBook Pro specifically. But I expect it would work fine. Also, bumblebee is in the repositories for Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Mandriva. Personally, I'm a big fan of using Terminal to install software - partially just because it looks cooler. But Synaptic and the Software Center also work.

    How do you prefer to install software? Terminal? Synaptic? Software Center?
     
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