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Registered: 2026-03-06

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Hardware Config advice for 4K screen laptop with NVIDIA

Hi,
I recently took the plunge and set up my old toshiba laptop (A300-1BZ) with Devuan 6 XFCE. I am now looking to install Devuan 6 onto my main laptop. This laptop is a Clevo (bought 2017) with specs including:

Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte 4K IPS LED Widescreen (3840x2160)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 7700HQ (2.8GHz, 3.8GHz Turbo)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE 2400MHz SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 16GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1TB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 3
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0, vPRO

Question: any health warnings regarding config (as the spec is a lot more modern than the Toshiba?) and also is the AI advising correctly?

According to AI,it is advising:
1. the NVIDIA card will need something called : nvidia-xrun to manage it vs the Intel card as well "requires careful driver installation to avoid the dreaded "black screen" on boot"
2. 4K on XFCE won't work brilliantly and risks legacy programmes not scaling (even if theme and font DPI adjusted). Better to get KDE Plasma
3. Don't install using NetISO , use Live USB instead to mitigate risk of the WIFI firmware missing on install and test out the 4K scaling / NVIDIA set up first

Note: all my files are backed up and I intend to transition fully to Devuan 6 Excaliber on that laptop
Any advice appreciated

Last edited by SS (Today 09:42:42)