Clevo N950TP6

Various instructions for setting up (Arch) Linux OS on Clevo N950TP6

Laptop bought from Clevo Computer (old link: http://clevo-systems.com/, Clevo Systems). Fast shipping and candies included (Europe). Recommended!
Came with Windows 10 preinstalled on NVMe SSD (Samsung EVO 960) although I set No OS on their website.
If you had Windows 10 preinstalled, back it up - create a complete backup of your new NVMe SSD. Just in case. I used dd
You need Grub/Syslinux boot parameters acpi_osi="!Windows 2015" acpi_osi=Linux in order to access Linux desktop environment as recent Linux OSes tend to freeze on this laptop while loading DE. This rule applies to Live USB/CDs as well.
You need a recent Linux kernel (4.14 >) for this laptop
After proper configuration, everything works as expected. Recommended for Linux usage if you can deal with Nvidia Optimus
If you don't use UEFI (read: you use traditional HDD instead of fast NVMe SSD), you need to disable UEFI boot option in UEFI/BIOS menu. You can re-enable it if you decided to use UEFI boot

What? : Set a maximum temperature limit for your CPU (intel i7-8700)
- Files
- PKGBUILD for Arch Linux

What? : Control laptop keyboard backlight & colors, patched for Clevo N950 TP6 (tested and works!)
- Files
  - clevo-xsm-wmi-dkms - PKGBUILD for Arch Linux
  - clevo-xsm-wmi-util - PKGBUILD for Arch Linux

What? : Enable multi-monitor support for your Clevo N950TP6 laptop (Linux)
- Files
  - xf86-intel-multimonitor - PKGBUILD for Arch Linux

What? : A sample configuration instructions for setting up UEFI and NVMe SSD + HDD on Clevo N950TP6 (Linux)

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