[H-GEN] Ubuntu-16.10-beta2 resolves problems on Dell XPS-15

[Anthony Thyssen]

6 years is a very decent run for a laptop, I have been using laptops (all
DELL) since 1997, and 5 to 6 years seems to be about the norm, before I
decide to upgrade (for different reasons such as disk space, display,
speed, etc)

Any problems installing linux on it.  I've seen a couple of stories on
line, but then I see that for DELL too, and I've never had a problem.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Louise Costin <louise at costin.tech> wrote:

> I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on an Old HP 15 Note book with the latest
> software upgrade the system seems to running smoothly but my lappy  is
> about 6 yrs old now Unity still hangs one in every movie I watch but that's
> no biggie I'm happy with it.
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> On 04/10/16 16:46, Anthony Thyssen wrote:
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> Nice.. I had a Studio XPS-16 that I bought in 2010,  It's battery has been
> useless for the last two years, but the machine continued to work for a
> long time.
> I have been running Fedora on it from Fedora 14 (Nov 2010)  all the way to
> Fedora 22 (to now), skipping the odd numbered versions, without any
> problems at all.
> I have even kept all my installation notes for each version.
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> In fact I only just retired it a couple of weeks ago because the keyboard
> keys 'W' and 'X' decided they didn't want to work reliably any more!  It
> can be very difficult to login when you have those keys in a password, and
> you can't see a response from pressing the keys.
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> In all that time it has been to China twice, and Sydney about 3 times, and
> Townsville once, and it has kept on working...
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> In fact it is still working, as I reinstall the OS to use it as a media
> center, with a wireless keyboard and mouse.
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> HOWEVER...  I would not recommend Dell XPS, or the related Inspiron
> machines.
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> Basically when the laptop is open the display hinge will BLOCK the fan
> exhaust!   Because of this the machine runs extremely hot when it is doing
> any form of processing such as when running JAVA, or you are playing a high
> graphics game (even is single threaded).   If I don't have it sitting on a
> fan table (a big one I bought in China) or it is lifted up slightly and a
> small portable fan blows air underneath, it will slow down, and a couple of
> time switch off due to the heat.   Even in winter.
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> My new computer is a second hand Dell Latitude, the a more rugged (and
> more expensive if new) Business range.  The fan is on the side, and does
> not get blocked by the display.  I can feel it get warm when under load, it
> does not over heat...  EVER!
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> I was hoping to get some feedback on the HP computer range, which seems to
> be the best alternative laptop to a Dell, for linux users.
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> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Greg Black <gjb at yaxom.com> wrote:
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>> I just tried Ubuntu-16.10-beta2 on my new Dell XPS-15 and all the issues
>> I was seeing at recent Humbug meetings have magically been resolved. So I
>> can now recommend this machine for Ubuntu users.
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