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Prime works well anywhere tho. I guess you are asking for a GUI to switch between them and/or disable it on a per software basis? For me games via Steam "just work", they use the Nvidia GPU by default and Lutris has a little switch to enable it. It's only getting more complicated if you want your Nvidia GPU to fully turn off when not in use.
Yeah, I was amazed when I started gaming on Linux. The desktop and VA-API uses Intel iGPU and Steam games use the Nvidia GPU through offload, I never have to do anything. It works even better than it did on Windows.
It does, but the problem with laptops is that their external outputs (HDMI etc.) are often only connected to the dGPU.
If you want to hook your laptop up to a TV or monitor you need to log out of your system, log back in with drivers and compositor reconfigured to use your dGPU. It's part of why I moved from my 1650Ti gaming laptop to a notebook only using AMD's integrated graphics - it just felt beyond janky