Razer Blade 15 AI Workstation Configuration

This is how I turn my Razer Blade 15 Gaming Laptop into an AI workstation. Specs:

• 64 GB RAM (upgraded)
• 1TB SSD (upgraded - added SSD disk.. LVM expansion)
• NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q GPU

Install Ubuntu 20.04

• Use a USB stick to install Ubuntu

  • remember to select LVM when configuring disks (if you ever want to expand your root volume with additional disks)

• Fix the'suspend on lid closed' bug by editing GRUB:

  • NOTE: this is an issue with my particular laptop hardware/BIOS and may be OPTIONAL for you

  • edit /etc/default/grub:

    add button.lid_init_state=open:

     GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash button.lid_init_state=open"
     GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="button.lid_init_state=open"
    

  • rebuild grub:

     update-grub
    

• Generate SSH keys:

    ssh-keygen
  

• Add your SSH public key to Github

• Clone this repo and run:

    bash inst/all.sh
  

Installed Software

• vscode
• sublime text
• nomachine
• mathematica
• NVidia driver
• CUDA Toolikt/cuDNN/nvvp/nvtop
• jupyterlab
• PyTorch (GPU Build)
• Tensorflow2 (GPU build)
• ML stack: numpy/scipy/pandas/matplotlib ...
• fast.ai
• OpenAI Gym

Docker Container Notes

docker run -it --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8081:8080 registry.lan.aaroncody.com:5000/gpu/ai-notebook:TEST bash

docker run -it --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8081:8080 registry.lan.aaroncody.com:5000/gpu/ai-notebook:TEST bash