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Does Linux even work properly on Dell XPS laptops? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the more i am delving into things, the dell documentations are saying that the two really aren't compatible except for like an outdated version of ubuntu.... I never even thought about this, but looking back in time, I've tried many distros and the all have had some sort of internal issues that I couldn't figure out and had to wipe the disk and try a new one....

Considering it was a windows computer to begin with, is this causing problems with my Linux installations or is it more likely user error? Especially the firmware and driver side of things, as outlined in my prior post. Did Dell lock down their XPS laptops to basically only be compatible with Windows???? Im tired of distro hopping because of all the issues I have with other distros on my machine. I'm hoping you kind folks could help clear this up for me and offer insight? perhaps the bios needs some special configuring to help make Linux work as it should? Thanks

edit: whoops, I should clarify the exact model, I have an xps 13 9310 dell laptop

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't buy Dell laptops anymore because of how poorly the hardware they choose works with Linux. I swear they'll literally look for the one wifi chipset that doesn't work on Linux when they're building they're laptops.

(I've had three different XPS laptops, each with unique hardware incompatibilities under Linux. I now have an Acer, an MSI, and a Chuwi, and all work 100%.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lenovos have been great as well, if you don't count the fingerprint reader incompatiblity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1 for Lenovo. My Gen5 x1 carbon is without question, the single best Linux on a laptop experience I've ever had. Running tumbleweed as my daily driver, fwiw.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My yoga 9 graphics laptop is fantastic on Ubuntu.

I just hate the person who decided soldering in a 300mb wifi card was cool, and soldered ram.