Greetings!
DeLinuxCoMinimal is ready for testing! This is the workstation version stripped of all of the productivity apps.
I especially need someone to test it on Real NVIDIA card, I no longer have access to one.
ISO 5.5GB Beta_26.0.2
SHA256SUM: addddbb08fef5ae2e394ee417767b2540f016d9f5fd9f2628608447d7554bca
Will download the iso soon and install it on my Alienware Area51m with a Nvidia 2070.
I am writing this post from the DeLinuxCo minimal ISO installation.
So the system works and the installation went through.
I selected “installation with proprietary drivers” as I do have the Nvidia2070.
Some findings:
Give me a shout if you need anything else.
inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 6.18.8-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
root=UUID=d25b5b52-af67-42a1-9c49-41c48e4b22af rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.6 tk: GTK v: 3.24.51 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Alienware product: Alienware Area-51m v: 1.28.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Alienware model: Alienware Area-51m v: A00
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 08C4 uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: Alienware v: 1.28.0 date: 11/03/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 54 Wh (60%) condition: 90/90 Wh (100%) volts: 11.65
min: 11.55 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
charging: status: charging cycles: N/A
Memory:
System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.02 GiB used: 3.14 GiB (10.1%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM3 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE part-no: M471A1K43CB1-CTD
serial: <filter>
Device-2: DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE part-no: M471A1K43CB1-CTD
serial: <filter>
Device-3: DIMM4 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE part-no: M471A1K43CB1-CTD
serial: <filter>
Device-4: DIMM2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE part-no: M471A1K43CB1-CTD
serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-9700 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0x104
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 8 cores: 8 smt: <unsupported> cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4700 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 bogomips: 48000
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx
monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq
pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
rep_good sdbg sep sgx sgx_lc smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode (locked)
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection mitigation: Aligned branch/return thunks
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e98 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile] vendor: Dell
driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01 alternate: nouveau,nova_core,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f10 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 0bda:5538
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9 driver:
gpu: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x175f
built: 2019 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2
chroma: red: x: 0.655 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.298 y: 0.596 blue: x: 0.137
y: 0.071 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 381x214mm (15x8.43")
diag: 437mm (17.2") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 590.48.01
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
device-ID: 10de:1f10 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2) driver: mesa intel
v: 25.3.4-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:3e98 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: Dell
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.18.8-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 45:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp69s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak]
vendor: Rivet Networks driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 46:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp70s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.98 TiB used: 79.58 GiB (2.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: PM981a NVMe 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 15305029 temp: 47.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 1TB
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM007-1R8174
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1153 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 44.85 GiB size: 43.84 GiB (97.76%) used: 13.08 GiB (29.8%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:9 label: N/A
uuid: d25b5b52-af67-42a1-9c49-41c48e4b22af
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 680 MiB size: 678.7 MiB (99.80%)
used: 102.2 MiB (15.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
label: N/A uuid: 048E-E42C
ID-3: /run/media/joerg/Ventoy raw-size: 162.98 GiB
size: 162.98 GiB (100.00%) used: 66.39 GiB (40.7%) fs: exfat dev: /dev/sdb1
maj-min: 8:17 label: Ventoy uuid: A34E-20E2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 128 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 80.13 GiB fs: ntfs
label: Win11 System uuid: 0ADC8B46DC8B2AD1
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 91.91 GiB fs: ext4
label: manjaro gnome uuid: 90a8387b-5c49-4561-b393-f7989aa5cc29
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 990 MiB fs: ntfs
label: WINRETOOLS uuid: 1E806EF7806ED4B5
ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 17.27 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 84F69763F6975470
ID-6: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 size: 1.48 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: A4989B11989AE15A
ID-7: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8 size: 1.06 GiB fs: ntfs
label: DELLSUPPORT uuid: 90A8BC82A8BC67FC
ID-8: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 549 MiB fs: vfat label: RECOVERY
uuid: 3494-2D90
ID-9: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 511.36 GiB fs: ntfs
label: Daten und Programme uuid: 8C84919384917FFE
ID-10: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1.05 GiB fs: vfat label: EFI
uuid: 8510-1733
ID-11: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-12: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 64.57 GiB fs: ext4 label: Ollama
uuid: ae39e0c6-e2ef-49c4-8be4-68b3254a7459
ID-13: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 size: 45.26 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 62fb2270-d61f-4bad-8915-ef32e2451b02
ID-14: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 size: 331.09 GiB fs: ext4 label: home
uuid: 41ba6754-7319-49c0-aac0-35dd8aa3e3a3
ID-15: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 32 MiB fs: vfat label: VTOYEFI
uuid: 3105-B091
ID-16: /dev/sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 625.87 GiB fs: ext4 label: VMs
uuid: 5b9c066f-f208-47c5-8a10-a45873a4cd84
ID-17: /dev/sdb4 maj-min: 8:20 size: 1.05 TiB fs: ext4 label: Backup
uuid: 3d995bfa-bf4b-4f18-8974-20869e886294
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-4:2 info: Alienware LED controller type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 187c:0550 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:5538 class-ID: 0e02
serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Tobii AB EyeChip type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 2104:0306 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Darfon Keyboard type: keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 0d62:2a1c class-ID: 0301
Device-5: 1-14:6 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 6-1:2 info: LaCie Rugged USB-C type: mass storage driver: uas
interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 059f:10ff class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C pch: 63.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
temp: 54 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1500
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1491 libs: 392 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
1: https://repo.delinuxco.com/x86_64/
2: https://x11libre.net/repo/arch_based/x86_64/
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 320
1: cpu: 7.8% command: firefox pid: 5934 mem: 649.5 MiB (2.0%)
2: cpu: 7.7% command: firefox pid: 6309 mem: 318.5 MiB (1.0%)
3: cpu: 5.1% command: cinnamon pid: 1341 mem: 371.2 MiB (1.1%)
4: cpu: 1.6% command: electron pid: 7850 mem: 207.9 MiB (0.6%)
5: cpu: 1.6% command: mate-terminal pid: 11018 mem: 68.1 MiB (0.2%)
Memory top: 5 of 320
1: mem: 649.5 MiB (2.0%) command: firefox pid: 5934 cpu: 7.8%
2: mem: 371.2 MiB (1.1%) command: cinnamon pid: 1341 cpu: 5.1%
3: mem: 318.5 MiB (1.0%) command: firefox pid: 6309 cpu: 7.7%
4: mem: 251.7 MiB (0.7%) command: manjaro-hello started-by: python3
pid: 1454 cpu: 0.1%
5: mem: 224.8 MiB (0.7%) command: electron pid: 7832 cpu: 0.8%
Info:
Processes: 320 Power: uptime: 16m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.35 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: mate-terminal
inxi: 3.3.40
Thank you @Zauberer-Merlin was not expecting these issues, I will look into them.
And the NVIDIA card worked just fine under Xlibre?
I just worked 10min or so in the Installation. Installed Bitwarden. Used Firefox. Opened this or that App.
And there were no issues or artefacts or anything at all.
So yes, it worked as it should in my really simple „Test“
Again: if you want me to Test anything serious, I Need to know what. Will leave the System installed for a day or two on my drive.
But it will cost you a Beer if we meet sometimes personally 
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
I spend my time between the US and Portugal, may have to stop in Germany !