¶ PikaOS Device Manager
The PikaOS Device Manager is an upgraded replacement for the PikaOS Driver Manager, fufilling the same functions with additional features!
¶ One Click Installs
- The device manager makes managing your Mesa or Nvidia drivers a breeze
¶ Control Device Drivers Easily
- Allows for the management of various drivers for virtually every device that has one, putting users in control of what gets loaded on boot! Problematic wifi card? Simply disable it's driver so it won't load amd cause issues.
¶ Usage Of Basic Profiles
¶ For AMD/Intel GPU
- The device manager allows AMD/Intel users to switch between Mesa Stable, and the latest Mesa Git.
¶ For Nvidia GPU
- Has two profiles, one for Nvidia Open (Open Source Kernel Modules, supported by GTX 16xx+ GPUs), and Nvidia Proprietary (Closed Source Kernel Modules, supported by all pre RTX 50 series GPUs).
- Nvidia users who wish to use the fully open source Nouveau driver, should uninstall any of the Nvidia profiles, and use the Mesa profiles instead.
These profiles default to the latest drivers marked as non experimental
¶ Usage Of Advanced Profiles
¶ Select different Nvidia Driver Versions
- For users who want to use the latest Beta/New Branch drivers. or wish to use an older driver version, PikaOS offers a variety of options from driver version 550 onwards.
Warning: using significantly older driver versions does require rolling back to an appropriately supported kernel, failure to do so will cause a kernel panic no boot situation, furthermore all experimental drivers are labled as such and are never the default option.
¶ Other Devices
- The left hand menu provides a long list of devices that have drivers attached to them that the user can pause, activate, and see information on as they wish, making device management simpler than ever.