Switch to NVIDIA GPU on Fedora Linux

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:32:26 +0530

Note: Make sure to Disable Secure Boot, else whatever you do it won’t work :)

Install & Switch

1. Install the required dependencies

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

2. Edit the environment configuration file for your shell

sudo nano /etc/environment

3. Add the following lines to enable the GPU

__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1
__VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only

4. Restart the system

sudo reboot

Download and execute this script to automate the above process!