CoreCtrl is a Free and Open Source GNU/Linux application that allows
you to control with ease your computer hardware using application
profiles.It aims to be flexible, comfortable and accessible to
regular users.
There are already others GNU/Linux applications that allow you to
control your hardware. Some of them are pretty good. Most of them are
not built with regular users in mind and/or are focused on some
specific hardware or features, so usually you end up with multiple
control programs installed and running at the same time, each of them
having its own specific configuration. Also, most of them do not
respond to external events other that the hardware events they
control so, if you want to change the behavior of the system for a
given period of time, let's say, during one specific program
execution, you have to manually interact with each control program in
order to change its behavior, before and after that specific program
execution.
All of this is perceived by regular users as a big burden or even a
barrier that impedes them to migrate to GNU/Linux for some specific
tasks (as gaming).
CoreCtrl aims to be a game changer in this particular field. You can
use it to automatically configure your system when a program is
launched (works for Windows applications too). It doesn't matter what
the program is, a game, a 3D modeling application, a video editor
or... even a compiler! It offers you full hardware control per
application.
The actual version of CoreCtrl automatically apply profiles for
native and Windows applications, has basic CPU controls and full AMD
GPUs controls (for both old and new models). The goal is to support
as much hardware as possible, even from other vendors. Please, see
Future work for more details.