Bug 392523

Summary:	Easier way to run apps on the dedicated GPU
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	markuss <kamikazow>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	agurenko, ali.sherif10, bizyaev, chermnykh2001, eliadevito, jeffrey.binns, jlp, kde-bugzilla.oink169, kdedev, mrmazda, nate, ngompa13, plasma-bugs, pocallaghan, putr4.s, rdieter, yvan
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	master
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
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Description markuss 2018-03-30 14:21:55 UTC

If a second GPU is present, the context menu of an application's icon should display the option to run it using the dedicated GPU. If possible, it should be a generic feature that works across all application launchers – K menu, panel, desktop icons.

switcheroo-control <https://github.com/hadess/switcheroo-control> is a D-Bus service to check the availability of a second GPU.

The same feature in Gnome <https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-shell/commit/009d021e4f93bfce69d1f4497612d804c88972b6> required only 51 lines of code.

Comment 1 David Edmundson 2018-03-30 16:45:43 UTC

It should be implemented.

The UI is in right click -> edit application   this way your preference persists rather than having to right click every time.

Please reopen if not there

Comment 2 markuss 2018-03-30 23:51:37 UTC

(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1)

> It should be implemented.

You're right. There are three problems though:

1. is that the context menu entry is not even there most of the time (details below)

2. in cases where it's there, it's a bit hard to discover (hidden behind an "Advanced" button in the third tab of a properties window)

3. The setting is not remembered.

> The UI is in right click -> edit application   this way your preference
> persists rather than having to right click every time.

Icon-only Task Manager: Only "Unpin" and "Settings".

Frequent Apps in Dashboard: "Forget" and "Add to Favorites".

Comment 3 ali.sherif10 2019-01-07 17:53:05 UTC

I suggest to add such option to Discover to enable running using discrete GPU from either KDE Menu or desktop shortcuts.

Comment 4 David Edmundson 2022-01-09 21:56:24 UTC

*** Bug 444709 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2022-06-01 19:11:09 UTC

*** Bug 454631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-11-10 17:06:15 UTC

*** Bug 461665 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***