Ready-to-follow checklist for standing up a headless Linux + eGPU CUDA node to
offload the CUDA-only 3D/mocap jobs the Mac can't run (splat->mesh, GVHMR mocap).
Bare-metal Linux required (no VM GPU passthrough on Mac hosts). Planned remote-CUDA
operators: sugar_mesh, gvhmr_mocap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>