# Developer releases Linux setup exposing 116.0 GiB to CPU and CUDA on ProArt laptop

_Published Monday, October 19, 2026 at 6:07 PM EDT · Infrastructure, AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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An Arch package maintainer published a bootable Linux setup and patches for the ASUS ProArt P16 H7607BA-SE033W, reporting that both the operating system and CUDA can access the same 116.0 GiB memory pool. Official support for the laptop is Windows-only.

The setup combines NVIDIA kernel work with fixes for the console, keyboard and audio. Build scripts and patches include steps to extract firmware locally. The developer also ran a Qwen model through vLLM, allocating 68.2 GiB for model loading and 21.1 GiB for its context cache.

The installer holds kernel, NVIDIA, power-management and firmware packages back from ordinary updates. Comparisons with Windows used different configurations and do not isolate the operating system's effect.

## Sources

- [josie.lol](https://josie.lol/blog/linux-rtx-spark)

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Published: 2026-10-19T22:07:53.808Z
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Retrieved: 2026-10-20T01:08:09.507Z
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