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Dell XPS15 9550 Ubuntu 16.04
Anyone Successfully install Ubuntu 16.04 on an XPS15 9550?
I have 15.10 working great. It took a lot of work to get it working this good.
When trying to upgrade my kernel to 4.5, it was unbootable. That's why I'm hesitant.
GradioBohio
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April 23rd, 2016 23:00
It took a lot of effort to install 14.04 on this machine. I'm not sure if it would be easier to do so for 16.04. I don't really want to touch those system settings/
chemdream
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April 24th, 2016 06:00
GradioBohio
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April 24th, 2016 07:00
Did you have to disable the fast boot option while doing so? I've heard the intel rapid cache does not work with ubuntu
webaba
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April 24th, 2016 08:00
It works well, there are some tweaks to make it usable on a daily basis, I blogged an optmization tutorial for it here:
seb.mamessier.com/dell-xps-15-9550-ubuntu-16-04
Have fun
GradioBohio
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April 24th, 2016 08:00
Thank you very much guys
chemdream
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April 24th, 2016 08:00
I did disable it. But I'm not sure I had to.
My first attempt failed. Because I was at Ubuntu 15.10 (no windows)
I wiped the drive, installed WIndows 10, updated the firmware/bios, then set bios to factory default.
That's when things got weird.
So I removed RAID support and re-enabled UEDI access from the OS.
Re-installed Windows 10 and all it's drivers. Then Installed Ubuntu, enabled proprietary drives, installed kernel 4.5.2. All is working great!
My only complaint is the trackpad. I had it perfect before. I can't remember what I did...