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I've been running Arch on a 2016 model XPS 13 Signature Edition. Everything worked out of the box crash-free. This includes Broadcom WiFi, Skylake CPU, media ke

by IMcD23 10y ago

I've been running Arch on a 2016 model XPS 13 Signature Edition. Everything worked out of the box crash-free. This includes Broadcom WiFi, Skylake CPU, media keys, multitouch tracked, and touchscreen.

bpchaps 10y ago
Offtopic-ish, but the 2015 model recently had its sound completely demolished by a kernel release in arch. The only fixes are to either downgrade the kernel or recompile it with a flag. Both fixes are annoying as all hell and there doesn't seem to be enough support from arch nor dell to fix this problem! Camel, meet straw.
- TD-Linux 10y ago
  Well, it makes sense because Arch's policy is to follow upstream with minimal patches, so they would wait for the new kernel to fix the bug rather than applying a patch themselves. If you don't like this policy, you might want to pick a different distro or use your own kernel.
  - bpchaps 10y ago
    Nah, I totally get it. It's still incredibly frustrating, especially considering it only broke after spending three hours fixing an issue that pacman itself caused. I'm definitely in the works of finding a new distro. :)
    - openfuture 10y ago
      NixOS or Void linux are rational alternatives to Arch
    - cyphar 10y ago
      OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has much better testing, and is actually faster than Arch in some cases. I've switched a lot of my machines recently. And you can use OBS which actually builds "AUR" packages for you (you can branch them on OBS if you want to modify them, or you can even download and modify the package locally).
      - snuxoll 10y ago
        If I didn't run Fedora and CentOS on my servers at work I would probably switch to Tumbleweed on my XPS 13. In reality I shouldn't really need to keep my development environment so close to what I deploy on, but it's nice to be able to quickly test a RPM I'm packaging without needing access to my server at home/work or dealing with a VM or docker.

by IMcD23 10y ago

bpchaps 10y ago

Offtopic-ish, but the 2015 model recently had its sound completely demolished by a kernel release in arch. The only fixes are to either downgrade the kernel or recompile it with a flag. Both fixes are annoying as all hell and there doesn't seem to be enough support from arch nor dell to fix this problem! Camel, meet straw.

TD-Linux 10y ago
Well, it makes sense because Arch's policy is to follow upstream with minimal patches, so they would wait for the new kernel to fix the bug rather than applying a patch themselves. If you don't like this policy, you might want to pick a different distro or use your own kernel.
- bpchaps 10y ago
  Nah, I totally get it. It's still incredibly frustrating, especially considering it only broke after spending three hours fixing an issue that pacman itself caused. I'm definitely in the works of finding a new distro. :)
  - openfuture 10y ago
    NixOS or Void linux are rational alternatives to Arch
  - cyphar 10y ago
    OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has much better testing, and is actually faster than Arch in some cases. I've switched a lot of my machines recently. And you can use OBS which actually builds "AUR" packages for you (you can branch them on OBS if you want to modify them, or you can even download and modify the package locally).
    - snuxoll 10y ago
      If I didn't run Fedora and CentOS on my servers at work I would probably switch to Tumbleweed on my XPS 13. In reality I shouldn't really need to keep my development environment so close to what I deploy on, but it's nice to be able to quickly test a RPM I'm packaging without needing access to my server at home/work or dealing with a VM or docker.