So intense has been the frustration over Nvidia's lack of Linux support in this area, in fact, that earlier this year Linux creator Linus Torvalds himself uttered a now-famous expletive directed at the company because of it (see video below).

Recently, however, an email from Nvidia software engineer Aaron Plattner revealed that Nvidia is working on adding that widely sought support at last.

'I've Got a Proof of Concept'

I've been experimenting with support for Dave Airlie's new RandR 1.4 provider object interface, so that Optimus-based laptops can use our driver to drive the discrete GPU and display on the integrated GPU, Plattner wrote in his seeking advice from open source developers.

The good news is that I've got a proof of concept working, Plattner added.