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Installing Linux on RTX laptop without Microsoft account
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Installing Linux on RTX laptop without Microsoft account

The gist

Arch Linux package maintainer Josephine Pfeiffer installed Arch Linux ARM on an ASUS ProArt P16 RTX Spark laptop.
The setup keeps pace with Windows in 7-Zip despite Windows-only official support.

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 16, 2026NVIDIA's RTX Spark laptop goes on global release from $2,599, sold through ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI.
  2. Oct 19, 2026Josephine Pfeiffer publishes a blog post on installing Arch Linux ARM on an ASUS ProArt P16 H7607BA-SE033W with 128 GB RAM, 6,144 CUDA cores and a 2 TB SSD.
  3. Oct 19, 2026She runs CPU benchmarks on native Arch Linux ARM with kernel 7.0.0-1022-nvidia and NVIDIA driver 615.78.08, laptop plugged in with the performance profile selected.

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