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April 18th, 2015 19:00
Linux on Precision M6800...
Hello,
I realize that Dell now offers RedHat and Ubuntu preloaded on the M6800, however, my current linux distro of choice is OpenSUSE. I am ready to replace my old M6300 and am quite interested in purchasing the M6800, however, I am concerned whether there are compatibility issues. So, I am posting here to ask: Is anybody aware of any problems using any vanilla versions of Linux, such as OpenSUSE, with the M6800? I would like to know if there are any known issues with component compatibility and/or sleep/suspend.
Thanks!
Gordon
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speedstep
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May 1st, 2015 06:00
Redhat and Ubuntu have paid to have 64 bit versions certificate in UEFI bios. A free software group called Hispalinux has filed a complaint against Microsoft to the European Commission on the grounds that UEFI secure boot prevents computer users from installing their own choice of OS. CSM (Compatability Support Module) is legacy GPT boot. MBR Booting is long gone which prevents DOS and Linux FAT32 booting. This also prevents USB Flash Drive booting DOS/LINUX while in secure boot mode.
Other Distributions that did not pay to play will not boot let alone install ELAM will prevent this. Its windows only forever once UEFI becomes Version CLASS3 with all other OS locked out.
praiserock
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June 17th, 2015 11:00
I have the M6800 with the FirePro card. If you have that setup, don't expect to use the AMD driver for the FirePro. I have yet to get anything but the opensource driver to work and that means a less than preferred experience with the graphics output. Everything is functional, but AMD should supply a driver for the FirePro.
I read a post over at AMD forum where someone managed to get the AMD package for Radeon to work (recognized the FirePro as Radeon HD 8950 w/ FirePro features), but then he had other problems.
Richard Sharpe
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October 25th, 2015 17:00
I have a Dell M6800 with a Radeon card in it and am running Fedora 22.
Recently, the graphics started locking up.
I put Windows back on (swapped back the original disk) and Windows seems to work fine.
Has anyone seen this problem?
speedstep
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January 10th, 2016 22:00
DX9 and DX10 based cards are End of life End of support for both AMD and NVIDIA.
NVIDIA officially drops support in april. AMD Dropped support for these several years ago. The Latest and Greatest drivers DO NOT WORK AT ALL for these Legacy cards from 10 years ago or more.
jmundine
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January 27th, 2016 18:00
Just an FYI, AMD driver support for linux has always been flaky. The Xorg driver seems to work much more stable, however, you lose some of the higher functionality when doing so.
As for UEFI, just google opensuse uefi usb install; lot's of info on how to get it done.
The original question is about compatibility; It's usually safe to say, if another linux distro works with it, any can. You may have to do some tinkering, but they all pretty much use the same code to run;
SKDJ
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October 29th, 2021 00:00
That seems to be the kind of conspiracy thinking that ends up stating there was no conspiracy after all. Anyway. CentOS 8 installed in UEFI yesterday. Flawless. Glad I had not read this poest reply. It might have messed up my setup