====== Asus TUF A15 - FA506NCR ======

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===== Usage =====

"Main" home computer. I don't need "gaming laptop" to take it anywhere with me, but I prefer to have some more CPU/GPU power when I need it.

I actually downgraded from full-blown mid/high-spec PC build, because I didn't need as much power as current consumer grade CPU/GPU combos provide. I only do light gaming (or play on PS3), and when I need GPU for specific reason, I'm probably jumping between CUDA versions which forces me to reinstall the OS on such platform every once in a while.

===== OS =====

Debian 13 (trixie) with ''main contrib non-free'' repositories.

==== NVIDIA Drivers ====

Under nouveau, Xorg liked to tear and whatnot. It was not a smooth experience. I've followed [[https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#trixie-535|this (debian-wiki: NvidiaGraphicsDrivers)]] wiki on official NVIDIA drivers on Debian using ''dkms''. Overall it was smooth installation experience, except when Grub decided to randomly choose kernel ''6.12.48+deb13-rt-amd64'' instead of ''6.12.48+deb13-amd64'' for which the driver was built. This made me go into rabbit-hole of Xorg debugging, only to find out, that I needed to boot with another kernel.