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MrMEEE
bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned
Shell2012–2026
MrMEEE / bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned

bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned

OUTDATED!!!!! - Replaced by "The Bumblebee Project" and "Ironhide"

48Distinct people
48Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
469GitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

OUTDATED!!!!! - Replaced by "The Bumblebee Project" and "Ironhide"

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

My favorite all time bug was the infamous "Bumblebee" commit of 2011[1]. IIRC this was the first github commit to go viral. Make sure you have 30 minutes to read the thread. It…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year48 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-02-21 18:27:50 UTC to 2026-10-06 01:31:42 UTC.

02462012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 1 submissions, 5 comments20122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 2 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC615
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC422
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 13, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
OBSOLETE PROJECT: Please READ: http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/08/reassemble-of-the-bee/ and http://www.martin-juhl.dk/2011/08/ironhide-reporting-for-duty/ IMPORTANT: Ubuntu Users: Bumblebee has now been packaged into a PPA @ Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~mj-casalogic/+archive/bumblebee/ This will probably be the most up-to-date version for Ubuntu from now on... For people currently running the script/git version please do : sudo bumblebee-uninstall sudo apt-get install ppa-purge sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates sudo ppa-purge ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mj-casalogic/bumblebee sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bumblebee openSuSE Users: Bumblebee has been ported to the openSuSE Build Service repository : http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4/ For people currently running the script/git version please do : sudo bumblebee-uninstall If you have used the nVidia package option: sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-xxxxx-xxxx.run --uninstall If you have used the nVidia repository (mirror) option: rpm -e x11-video-nvidiaG02 rpm -e nvidia-computeG02 rpm -e nvidia-gfxG02-kmp zypper rr "nVidia Graphics Drivers (local mirror)" Install the nVidia repository and packages if you do not want to use the nouveau driver: zypper ar -f ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4 "nVidia Graphics Drivers" zypper install nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-`uname -r | cut -f3 -d"-"` zypper install x11-video-nvidiaG02 Installing bumblebee: zypper ar -f http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4 "Bumblebee" zypper install bumblebee or just use Yast to add the repositories and packages. # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # "Red Bull License" # <mj@casalogic.dk> wrote this file and is providing free support # in any spare time. If you need extended support, you can fuel him up by # donating a Red Bull here to get him through the nights..: # # http://tinyurl.com/bumblebee-project # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): # <mj@casalogic.dk> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you # can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you # think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Martin Juhl # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # This file is part of bumblebee. # # bumblebee is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # bumblebee is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with bumblebee. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # This project is containing bumblebee (formerly known as prime-ng).. bumblebee is Optimus support for Linux, with real offloading, and not switchable graphics.. More important.. it works on Optimus Laptops without a graphical multiplexer.. Bumblebee Supports: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, OpenSuSE and Fedora. More are coming. Arch Linux Support: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=49469 Debian Linux Support: https://github.com/z0rc/debumblebee Gentoo Linux Support: https://github.com/iegor/rainyday/tree/master/x11-misc/bumblebee openSuSE Linux Support: Github: https://github.com/Ximi1970/bumblebee Repositories: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee/openSUSE_11.4 Unstable repositories ( build with the latest cvs, svn and git packages ): http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee-unstable/openSUSE_11.3 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Ximi1970:/bumblebee-unstable/openSUSE_11.4 The Installation should now be completely automatic... First of all: If you have any problem... please create a bug report package with the bumblebee-bugreport tool.. Then create an issue on github... This project have had great succes and I need to have a way to easily manage support problems.. Now 3D is enabled on both the Intel and the nVidia at the same time.. The Intel card is running the Desktop and the nVidia card can be used for the thougher applications with the command "optirun32 <application>" or "optirun64 <application>"... Support for automatically shutting down and starting up the nVidia card is in developpement. There are several ways to start using bumblebee : Download the .zip or .tar.gz by clicking the 'Downloads' button on the 'Source' page to a directory of your liking. Unzip or untar and run the install script with 'sudo ./install.sh' (or 'sudo -E ./install.sh' on Fedora) Go to the directory of your liking and: 1. git clone http://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee.git 2. cd bumblebee/ 3. sudo ./install.sh (or 'sudo -E ./install.sh' on Fedora) (The second method makes it easier to regularly update bumblebee if you're willing to invest a little bit of time in working with git.) Status updates can be found here: http://www.martin-juhl.dk or on twitter: http://twitter.com/martinjuhl Or join the facebook group: http://tinyurl.com/bumblebeefacebook
Read the full README on GitHub

What Hacker News says

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Does installation matter at all? Once you've installed a package, you're very likely to immediately include it in the project, build, and run. Any malicious code can easily run during the package's initialization in your app. Seems like prohibiting arbitrary code in installation scripts would only help with issues like Bumblebee's `rm -rf`: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issue...
In Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware
> Ask ChatGPT4 for a bash script that writes the unit for you into the right place. Colossal amounts of drudgery, all suddenly gone. Given that humans can't write reliable bash scripts that don't randomly delete things in your computer [1], why would you expect something generated by LLMs to not randomly delete things on your computer or worse? If you have to inspect and debug whatever the AI generated, that is potentially a lot worse that just writing it yourself in the first place. [1] https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issue...
In Systemd 254 released, deprecating sysvinit scripts
My main qualms with bash as a scripting language are that its syntax is not only kind of bonkers (no judgement, I know it's an old tool) but also just crazily unsafe. I link to a few high-profile things whenever people ask me why my mantra is "the time to switch your script from bash to python is when you want to delete things". >rm -rf /usr /lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commi... >rm -rf "$STEAMROOT/"* https://github.com/valvesoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 It's just too easy to shoot your foot.
In Ask HN: What are the best tools for web scraping in 2022?
> Add on the fact that these programs are black boxes by design, and all of the sudden a company essentially has free reign to do whatever they want with your machine under your nose. Unless you run flatpak, nix, lxc containers, or some other process isolation scheme, all programs on eg. A debian desktop have this sort of free reign. It’s not uncommon for accidents to happen that take out chunks of a system[0]. 0: https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issue...
In Thank You, Valve

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