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Are you guaranteed that an XPS 13 that comes with Windows has the same chipset as one that has guaranteed Linux support? I recently got an X1 Carbon only to fin
by CogitoCogito 5y ago
Are you guaranteed that an XPS 13 that comes with Windows has the same chipset as one that has guaranteed Linux support? I recently got an X1 Carbon only to find out that they sell slightly different versions simultaneously. Mine came with Windows and when I tried to install Linux, I found out that the WiFi chip was new and didn’t actually have a mainline driver. As it turned out there was an experimental driver that did work (which required compiling a specific custom kernel), but it took a day or two to sort that out. This wouldn’t have been an issue had I got the version officially supporting Linux.
Anyway not sure if the same problem could affect an XPS 13, but it is something to consider. Had I got mine 6 months earlier I wouldn’t even have had an experimental driver to work with.
Edit: I see this was brought up here already so it seems like you’d probably be okay:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880558