tuned-switcher - Man Page
simple utility to manipulate the Tuned service
Synopsis
tuned-switcher
Description
Tuned Switcher is a simple utility to manipulate the Tuned service.
Tuned is a daemon for monitoring and adaptive tuning of system devices.
In order to use this program, a daemon must be installed on your system.
Command-Line Options
No custom command-line options available.
Application Modes
Available modes
This software can operate in two modes:
- system tray icon (aka applet) - default and recommended mode controlled by the system tray icon;
- GUI application (aka widget) - simplified mode for desktop environments without a system tray support.
Modes auto-selection
If current desktop environment has a system tray support, an applet will be used, otherwise a widget.
This behavior can be overridden using the environment variable.
Environment Options
Environment variables can be used to override some settings.
Supported options
- TUNED_SWITCHER_FORCE_GUI=1 - force widget mode even if the system tray support is present.
Forwarding options
Export the environment variable using the export
command:
export TUNED_SWITCHER_FORCE_GUI=1
Start the application:
tuned-switcher
Startup
Tuned startup
Enable startup of the Tuned service to automatically apply performance profile settings at system boot.
If the system supports systemd, it can be done using the systemctl
tool:
sudo systemctl enable --now tuned.service
Application startup
To enable program startup, the autorun settings of current desktop environment should be used.
Authors
Copyright (c) 2021-2025 EasyCoding Team and contributors.