DGX Spark first impressions: NVIDIA makes it needlessly hard to install the latest CUDA
QuixiAI · x · 2026-09-03
A developer who just received an NVIDIA DGX Spark reports that the first hurdle is installing the latest CUDA, which is made unnecessarily difficult — he may need to wipe it with vanilla Ubuntu.
He argues this is a legitimate product bug: the DGX Spark should get the latest CUDA the instant it's released, rather than leaving users to fight the system setup.
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