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Alex Ziskind's Linux laptop runs faster with the plug pulled

His RTX Spark experiment finds a power-management catch, while a new workstation video tackles two terabytes of RAM.

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NVIDIA Didn't Want Me to Do This… Linux on RTX Spark

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2:59Earlier Windows and WSL benchmarks establish the AI performance Alex wants native Linux to match.
5:45Linux installation attempts encounter display problems, missing drivers and locked memory partitions.
7:05Debian reaches a working desktop, with audio, keyboard and CUDA drivers detected.
7:26AI model testing reveals substantially slower performance on AC power than on battery.
10:00Disabling Nvidia's power-management service in Windows reproduces the low clock speeds seen in Linux.
12:00Alex recommends WSL until Nvidia brings the necessary power-controller support to Linux.

Alex Ziskind got Debian running on the MSI Prestige laptop, complete with working audio, keyboard and detected CUDA drivers. Then the AI tests produced the wrong sort of surprise: plugging it into the wall made it slower.

That reversal gives "NVIDIA Didn't Want Me to Do This… Linux on RTX Spark" its practical hook. After boot problems and missing drivers, Alex finds that native Linux performance depends on more than getting to the desktop. His investigation points to Nvidia's power-management controller support: disabling the corresponding service in Windows reproduces the low clock speeds he encounters in Linux. His conclusion is to stick with Windows Subsystem for Linux for now. The video includes a sponsored dictation-app segment.

At roughly 182,000 views, it is the most watched of his four new uploads. Viewers are asking whether the DGX Spark's Ubuntu setup might help, discussing Linux as a purchasing requirement and describing the time the experiment saved them. It's a useful distinction: getting Linux to boot isn't the same as getting the hardware's full performance.

The newest upload, "I Thought 2 TB of RAM Was Overkill… My AI Agents Disagree", is now drawing the most daily views. Its description supplies a suitably Alex solution to AI agents hitting a wall with two RTX Pro 6000s: pull both cards out and investigate a RAM upgrade. Two Intel-and-Apple uploads round out the week, including tests of coding, local AI and battery life on equally priced laptops.

The channel added 1,000 subscribers, a slower growth pace than across the past month, while daily views are slightly above usual. Nearby in size, Zack Shutt is having a much larger viewing week; AppleTrack and fpt. are quieter than their normal daily levels. Alex's own busiest viewing now belongs to that memory-heavy workstation experiment.

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What viewers say

Why not try the DGX spark Ubuntu version that should have all the drivers and tweaks already installed and ready?
@livemadseasonSee it on YouTube
Thanks for this video. Saved me from making a big purchasing mistake.
@PestOnYTSee it on YouTube
Thank you for answering my number one question about RTX Spark!
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The Spark video I wanted
@endermanxd141See it on YouTube
Thank you for making this video! I've been asking all the tech channels to try this out so I really appreciate you testing it out!
@SundanceKid-1969See it on YouTube
I definitely wouldn't consider buying one of these until Linux was the first class option. Nvidia needs to get that controller ported and at least as performant as the WOArm version.
@jdex-ytpSee it on YouTube
This is a great breakdown and thank you so much for saving me time down the rabbit hole.
@RayFernando1337See it on YouTube
Hoping the community will fix this, greetings form Chile!
@Nix_UserSee it on YouTube
definitely waiting for this video..
@Dexter-vn4qeSee it on YouTube