Fedora on a Dell XPS 15?

[CS DBA]

Hi All;

I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I tried to 
switch to mac but Linux is just too good.

Thinking of buying a Dell XPS 15 (specs below), anyone have any thoughts 
on if Fedora will run on this machine?

Thanks in advance




Specs:

Note that this laptop has ONLY a Mini DisplayPort for an external monitor

*
Processor*

4th Generation Intel® Core^(TM) i7-4702HQ processor (6M Cache, up to 3.2 
GHz)


*Memory*

16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)


*Hard Drive**s*

1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive + 32GB mSATA Solid State Drive

*
Video Card*

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M 2GB GDDR5


*Display*

15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with Truelife and QHD+ resolution 
(3200 x 1800)


*Wireless*

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth 4.0

*External Chassis Connections*

USB 3.0 w/PowerShare (3), USB 2.0 with PowerShare (1), mini DisplayPort 
(1), HDMI (1), 3-in-1 media card reader supporting SD, SDIO, SDXC, 
headset jack (1), Noble lock


*Keyboard*

Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard


*Touchpad*

Glass integrated button touchpad

[Joe Zeff]

On 01/02/2014 03:53 PM, CS DBA wrote:
>  I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I tried to
>  switch to mac but Linux is just too good. 
I have a Toshiba laptop that was designed for and came with Vista, and 
I've had good results.  Toshiba even has a Linux support mailing list, 
although most of the posts are Ubuntu specific.

[Richard Vickery]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM, CS DBA <cs_dba(a)consistentstate.com&gt; wrote:

>   Hi All;
>
>  I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I tried to
>  switch to mac but Linux is just too good.
>
>  Thinking of buying a Dell XPS 15 (specs below), anyone have any thoughts
>  on if Fedora will run on this machine?
>
>  Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
>  My advice: Go here: 
http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html

whether it's Ubuntu or whatever Linux  distribution it comes with, its
guaranteed to work with all other distributions as well - because we all
use the same kernel. Don't bother with a machine that comes with Microsoft
stuff on it - you'll just have problems.

Richard

[Doug]

On 01/02/2014 08:19 PM, Richard Vickery wrote:
>  On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 3:53 PM, CS DBA <cs_dba(a)consistentstate.com 
>  <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>      Hi All;
>
>      I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I
>      tried to switch to mac but Linux is just too good.
>
>      Thinking of buying a Dell XPS 15 (specs below), anyone have any
>      thoughts on if Fedora will run on this machine?
>
>      Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
>  My advice: Go here:
>
>  http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html
>
>  whether it's Ubuntu or whatever Linux  distribution it comes with, its 
>  guaranteed to work with all other distributions as well - because we 
>  all use the same kernel. Don't bother with a machine that comes with 
>  Microsoft stuff on it - you'll just have problems.
>
>  Richard
>
>  
I have an older Dell laptop, the Inspiron 6400/E1505, and I have run 
PCLinuxOS on it with no problems. It came with XP, and I have it
set up to dual-boot. I have, along the way, replaced the hard drive with 
a solid-state one, and recently the optical drive was refusing
to open, so I put in a new one with Light-Scribe, and it works perfectly.

I think the only way you'll have problems with a Microsoft system is if 
it is set up to use all the partitions on the drive.  If you only want
to run Linux, then it's easy: wipe off the Microsoft, make new 
partitions and reformat to ext4. If you want to dual-boot, then you
have to see what needs to be done to the Microsoft system so as to have 
at least one primary partition available. Then make the
logical partitions you want for your Linux os.

I don't believe I've seen any complaints about running Linux on a Dell 
machine.  Only wi-fi might give you a little trouble. I had to
find an older Linux driver.

I have been well-satisfied with my Dell. It also has one of the best 
keyboards of any laptop, but I don't know if all of them have the
same k/b. Remember, mine is quite a few years old. If the k/b is 
important to you, as to it's "feel" then you should find a sample in
a store and try it out.

--doug

[Ranjan Maitra]

Hi,

I have a XPS 13 that came installed with Ubuntu (btw, cheaper than
buying with Windoze) which I stripped off and put in Fedora. It weighs
only 2.99 pounds.

I love it! Only 2 major irritating features: 

1. Occassionally, after a period of inactivity, the screen turns dark
greyish black with no chance of recovery. I hibernate and wake up and
it is back to business.

2. The other major complaint is the two-button mouse cut-out which
cannot be made to mimic the middle button of the mouse (at least I have
not figured how to do this). 

And a minor irritant: the design of the Home, PgUp, PgDn, End Buttons
(with the arrow keys, but using the Fn button which is on the other --
left -- end of the keyboard) is ludicrous.

However, other than this, I am a pretty happy camper.

I know that you asked about XPS 15 which has higher resolution (mine is
only 1920x1080). One other possibility that I would consider is the
Toshiba Kira which has a 2560x1440 resolution but that only comes with
an i5 unless you also get a touchscreen (which I could not care less
for).

HTH.

Ranjan



On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 16:53:52 -0700 CS DBA <cs_dba(a)consistentstate.com&gt;
wrote:

>  Hi All;
>  
>  I'm looking for a replacement for my 15" macbook pro retina, I tried to 
>  switch to mac but Linux is just too good.
>  
>  Thinking of buying a Dell XPS 15 (specs below), anyone have any thoughts 
>  on if Fedora will run on this machine?
>  
>  Thanks in advance
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Specs:
>  
>  Note that this laptop has ONLY a Mini DisplayPort for an external monitor
>  
>  *
>  Processor*
>  
>  4th Generation Intel® Core^(TM) i7-4702HQ processor (6M Cache, up to 3.2 
>  GHz)
>  
>  
>  *Memory*
>  
>  16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)
>  
>  
>  *Hard Drive**s*
>  
>  1TB 5400 rpm SATA Hard Drive + 32GB mSATA Solid State Drive
>  
>  *
>  Video Card*
>  
>  NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M 2GB GDDR5
>  
>  
>  *Display*
>  
>  15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with Truelife and QHD+ resolution 
>  (3200 x 1800)
>  
>  
>  *Wireless*
>  
>  Intel® Centrino® Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth 4.0
>  
>  *External Chassis Connections*
>  
>  USB 3.0 w/PowerShare (3), USB 2.0 with PowerShare (1), mini DisplayPort 
>  (1), HDMI (1), 3-in-1 media card reader supporting SD, SDIO, SDXC, 
>  headset jack (1), Noble lock
>  
>  
>  *Keyboard*
>  
>  Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard
>  
>  
>  *Touchpad*
>  
>  Glass integrated button touchpad
>  
>   

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[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 02 January 2014, Ranjan Maitra sent:
>  And a minor irritant: the design of the Home, PgUp, PgDn, End
> Buttons
>  (with the arrow keys, but using the Fn button which is on the other --
>  left -- end of the keyboard) is ludicrous.  
While I agree that having to do key combinations for those functions is
awful, it is sensible for the modifier key to be on the other side.  If
you learn to type properly, you use both hands for two-key-combination
presses.

e.g. On a qwerty keyboard, you type capital S by pressing the right-hand
shift key with your right-hand little finger, and the S key with your
left hand.

Key combinations are really not meant to be single-handed, and some of
them are horrible contortions to attempt.  As a hint to non-typists, any
time you find it awkward to type in some two/three key combination, try
using both hands.

Considering the number of non-touch-typists that use computers, though,
it has amazed me that other keyboard layouts haven't managed to get more
attention, or newer less weird designs have cropped up.  Going back in
time, newspapers were printed out with Linotype machines that had a
keyboard designed to be typed on using just one hand.  And I've seen
them used, on a real newspaper press, somewhere around the 1970s/1980s.

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