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How to install Ubuntu on my DELL Inspiron 5000?
I bought the DELL Inspiron 5000, where I tried to install Ubuntu several times. After researching, I checked that DELL does not provide the drivers of this Laptop for the free community. I was wondering if anyone knows how to install some linux in this laptop.
speedstep
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June 18th, 2018 08:00
Dell does not support Ubuntu canonical does. 5000 series is WAYYY too Generic. Canonical works closely with Dell to certify Ubuntu on a range of their hardware.Dell ONLY supports Ubuntu when it is Pre installed by Dell.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/osiso/recoverytool
There is support for this but its not free. Many are unable to install ubuntu 14.04.3 because not able to restart for finishing installation, but ubuntu 12.04.5 works fine although while booting it will have a white screen with verticle lines.
18.04 is now the LTS version
https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
https://askubuntu.com/
https://certification.ubuntu.com/certification/make/Dell/
Ubuntu on Dell Inspiron 15-5568
https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201603-20843/
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit
Pre-installed by manufacturer
This system was tested with 14.04 LTS, running the 3.19.0-43-generic kernel.
Certification notes
There are no notes for this release.
BIOS Dell: 00.03.08 (UEFI) The 5547 has a lot of "issues" https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201401-14542/ Certification notesUpdates required
This system requires all available updates to be applied in order to work properly. Proprietary Drivers Required. Installation of proprietary AMD video driver is required for full functionality. Touchpad gestures From 2-finger touchpad gestures, only scrolling and tapping work on this system. Legacy Boot Mode Required This system was certified using Legacy Boot Mode for certification. The use of EFI or "Auto" boot modes may or may not work properly. Slow Resume from Suspend. This system does not not meet canonical performance criteria for resuming from suspend, but suspend/resume is functional and other functionality is not affected. BIOS Dell: X18 (UEFI)
edergilian
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June 29th, 2018 10:00
Instalei o Linux Mint no meu e esta funcionando perfeitamente.
jphughan
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June 29th, 2018 12:00
If you’ve never used Linux before, for the most part you don’t install drivers like you do in Windows. There are some exceptions, but in general the kernel either supports your hardware or it doesn’t. Usually it does, but when it doesn’t, there isn’t usually a recourse. That’s why you don’t see drivers provided anywhere like you do for Windows.
But what specifically was going wrong when you tried to install Ubuntu? You didn’t provide anything about that important detail. Did you change your SATA Operation setting in the BIOS from the default RAID mode to AHCI? If not, you should, and note that despite the name of that setting, it affects both SATA and NVMe storage.
Baguinha
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June 29th, 2018 15:00
After your orientation, I can install Ubuntu 14.04. Versions 16.04 and 18.04 do not initialize the installation.
Baguinha
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June 29th, 2018 15:00
Pow cara, notícia muito boa pra mim. kkkkk... Você instalou a versão mais nova mesmo? Apesar que quando eu tentei instalar no meu, não estava inicializando a instalação.
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June 29th, 2018 15:00
I simply tried to change the initialization of UEFI or Legacy mode. I did not know that option you reported. I'll try to do it again with this information. I thank you so much for this tip.