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XPS is great. Runs Linux very well.
by dunpeal 8y ago
XPS is great. Runs Linux very well.
- exposer 8y agoSource? I can only find articles of people complaining that they can not get the switchable graphics to work or can get it to work and have horrible battery life. This guy (https://medium.com/@kemra102/linux-on-the-dell-xps-15-919e6d472aa3 https://medium.com/@kemra102/linux-on-the-dell-xps-15-919e6d...) tried 11 linux distributions and describes his experience as "horrible".
- some_account 8y agoI heard it's super loud and the fan is running very much. Dell also seem to have very low quality.
- dunpeal 8y agoYou can control fan activation with power control utilities like powertop. I don't know why you think Dell is "very low quality". I've seen Dell laptops last for years under heavy usage.
- Crespyl 8y agoI can't speak to the 15" versions, but my XPS13 (onboard graphics only) runs KDE Neon beautifully with no noise or build quality issues. It's probably my favorite work laptop to date. The only minor gripe is that I haven't been able to find a good combination of settings to prevent accidental touchpad activation while typing. People also often mention coil whine which I haven't noticed on this model, the 15" might be different.