Which Bluefin Image for Older Hybrid GPU?

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I have a Thinkpad T430s which has a hybrid Intel/Nvidia GPU, and I’m unsure if should use bluefin-stable or bluefin-nvidia-stable.
Hyfetch lists both GPUs:

GPU: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
GPU: NVIDIA Corporation NVS 5200M

However, KInfoCenter only shows the Intel GPU:

Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4000

I don’t do anything more graphically intensive than watching YT (in HD+/900p) or writing in LibreOffice (longest document is ~290 pages), so i don’t mind if the system doesn’t utilize the Nvidia GPU. I just want to know if using the Nvidia-specificwould actually work properly, or if it would cause any issues before I get to installing Bluefin.

Thanks in advance for any answers :slight_smile:

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After looking into the Github repo, I think I’ll try installing bluefin-stablesince in ublue-os/config/build/ublue-os-just/40-nvidia.just I noticed that the Nouveau drivers are being blacklisted (lines 25-27), so I’m assuming that bluefin-stable comes with Nouveau by default. I could lookup the default package list for Silverblue but I’m impatient, so I’ll see how it goes :crossed_fingers:

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Seems to be working well so far, I’ll see how it goes over the next week.

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