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====== Dell XPS 13 ====== | ====== Dell XPS 13 ====== | ||
Recently I got myself a Dell XPS 13 9370 (early 2018) Develper Edition with Ubuntu preinstalled. Well, Ubuntu is surely not my favourite so one of the first things I did was to delete Ubuntu and (try to) install Debian. Here I try to summarize my struggles and several solutions I found for the various problems. Also, I will give my humble opinion on this machine. | Recently I got myself a Dell XPS 13 9370 (early 2018) Develper Edition with Ubuntu preinstalled. Well, Ubuntu is surely not my favourite so one of the first things I did was to delete Ubuntu and (try to) install Debian. Here I try to summarize my struggles and several solutions I found for the various problems. Also, I will give my humble opinion on this machine. | ||
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===== The machine ===== | ===== The machine ===== | ||
- | But first things first. I bought this notebook after lots and lots of research and was a little scared that I would be disappointed. Some people were very negative about it, but mainly because | + | But first things first. I bought this notebook after lots and lots of research and was a little scared that I would be disappointed. Some people were very negative about it, but my main concern was it has no more USB A connectors and no more RJ45 Ethernet connectors (I prefer wired Ethernet for installation). Also, I was " |
After using the XPS 13 now for a little more than 1 month I came to the following verdict. | After using the XPS 13 now for a little more than 1 month I came to the following verdict. | ||
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* The processor has more than enough power for all things I do with it. It even makes me do more on the notebook rather than using the desktop. | * The processor has more than enough power for all things I do with it. It even makes me do more on the notebook rather than using the desktop. | ||
* RAM and disk space are more than enough for me as this is not my primary system. The speed is as expected and I am sure it will serve me well for quite some time. | * RAM and disk space are more than enough for me as this is not my primary system. The speed is as expected and I am sure it will serve me well for quite some time. | ||
- | * As a true Linux user I tend to use the keyboard more often than the mouse/touch pad and even though the travel is really shallow (usually I prefer [[https:// | + | * As a true Linux user I tend to use the keyboard more often than the mouse/touch pad and even though the travel is really shallow (usually I prefer [[https:// |
* Speaking of the keyboard: the < | * Speaking of the keyboard: the < | ||
* The touch pad has a nice feel and is very precise as well. I like the three finger tap as middle click which is very useful in Linux (this may be a KDE feature however). | * The touch pad has a nice feel and is very precise as well. I like the three finger tap as middle click which is very useful in Linux (this may be a KDE feature however). | ||
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Many information sources will tell you to to update to the latest BIOS. This is not actually necessary but I recommend doing that anyway. Upgrading the BIOS on the XPS 13 is easy, just place the BIOS executable in the EFI partition ''/ | Many information sources will tell you to to update to the latest BIOS. This is not actually necessary but I recommend doing that anyway. Upgrading the BIOS on the XPS 13 is easy, just place the BIOS executable in the EFI partition ''/ | ||
- | Some preliminaries are outlined in the several information sources already, I will summarize the important stuff. By the way, I always refer to BIOS when I mean the UEFI Firmware Setup because BIOS makes the language more fluent | + | Some preliminaries are outlined in the several information sources already, I will summarize the important stuff. By the way, I always refer to BIOS when I mean the UEFI Firmware Setup because BIOS simply flows nicer ;-) |
* In the BIOS set the SATA operation mode to AHCI instead of RAID (when Ubuntu is pre-installed this should already be the case). | * In the BIOS set the SATA operation mode to AHCI instead of RAID (when Ubuntu is pre-installed this should already be the case). | ||
* In the BIOS disable Secure Boot as Debian does not (yet) support this. | * In the BIOS disable Secure Boot as Debian does not (yet) support this. | ||
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02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32) | 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32) | ||
- | In previous models people even switched the Wifi card for an Intel card. In the 9370 this is no longer possible however, the card is soldered on-board. The latest available firmware version that gets delivered with Debian is (at the time of writing this) is [[https:// | + | In previous models people even switched the Wifi card for an Intel card. In the 9370 this is no longer possible however, the card is soldered on-board. The latest available firmware version that gets delivered with Debian is (at the time of writing this) [[https:// |
To solve the connection issue, the latest firmware is needed. You can get it at [[https:// | To solve the connection issue, the latest firmware is needed. You can get it at [[https:// | ||
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- | Make sure the file is executable and it will be executed every time the interface is brought up. Of course you should replace < | + | Make sure the file is executable and it will be executed every time the interface is brought up. Of course you should replace < |
==== Display/GPU ==== | ==== Display/GPU ==== | ||
The GPU in this XPS 13 is an Intel UHD 620 graphics card. | The GPU in this XPS 13 is an Intel UHD 620 graphics card. | ||
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> If your graphic card is etc. 2007 and newer, try uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-intel and use the builtin modesetting driver instead. | > If your graphic card is etc. 2007 and newer, try uninstalling xserver-xorg-video-intel and use the builtin modesetting driver instead. | ||
- | So, in the end, simply doing a '' | + | So, in the end, simply doing a '' |
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+ | Lately however, after some Plasma updates, the xserver-xorg-video-intel package is doing a better job again. You should try both to determine what works better for you. |
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