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Which models did they do that with? I'd heard the xps with Linux was pretty good, at least for a while.
by trelane 4y ago
Which models did they do that with? I'd heard the xps with Linux was pretty good, at least for a while.
- p4bl0 4y agoYes, most XPS and Latitude laptops.
- trelane 4y agoWhat were the equivalent white box vendors and did they ship with the same firmwares? Citation to read up in this?
- p4bl0 4y agoI don't understand what you mean by "white box". Just look for yourself it's really not hard to find: https://www.dell.com/en-us/lp/linux-systems https://www.dell.com/en-us/lp/linux-systems
- trelane 4y agoSure, I can look up Dell Linux products. However, the assertion was that they're just branded white box computers, so Im asking what the white box equivalents are, and to what extent they're really equivalent.
- p4bl0 4y agoI didn't understand it that way at all. The assertion, as far as I understood, was that the Linux machines were the same ones that were sold with Windows on them otherwise. Which is true, Dell sell the same hardware with Windows or Linux.
- trelane 4y agoAh, I see your claim. Is the firmware confirmed to be the same? Even with the same chips, the firmware would likely diverge between Windows and Linux (ACPI code, BIOS, EC, etc)