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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 Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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i am delving into things, the dell documentations are saying that the two really aren't compatible except for like an outdated version of ubuntu....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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[–] Hundun@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been running arch on XPS 15 a couple years ago with no problems. There was a problem with sound on laptop launch, but a couple of months in the kernel update fixed all the issues. Arch wiki has a lot of info on hardware compatibility, as well as steps you should take to enable something that doesn't work out of the box

[–] Macaroni9538@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I just feel personally that building the Arch OS would be too complicated for me, that's why I'm considering Manjaro. much more user friendly