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Package: primus (0~20150328-10)

client-side GPU offloading for NVIDIA Optimus

Primus is a shared library that provides OpenGL and GLX APIs and implements low-overhead local-only client-side OpenGL offloading via GLX forking, similar to VirtualGL. It intercepts GLX calls and redirects GL rendering to a secondary X display, presumably driven by a faster GPU. On swapping buffers, rendered contents are read back using a PBO and copied onto the drawable it was supposed to be rendered on in the first place.

Primus is currently intended to be used alongside Bumblebee and provides a drop-in replacement for optirun (i.e. "primusrun").

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  • dep: bumblebee (>= 3.2.1-21~)
    Package not available
  • dep: primus-libs (= 0~20150328-10)
    shared libraries for primus
  • dep: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.3-2)
    Xorg X server - core server
    or xserver-xorg-video-intel (>= 2:2.99.917)
    X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
  • sug: primus-nvidia
    NVIDIA Primus support using the proprietary NVIDIA driver

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