I'm going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?

Edit: Apparently it's certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I assume I should go with This particular Ubuntu version then?

  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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    7 months ago

    I have great experience with my framework AMD, excellent Linux hardware support and excellent support team. I have never encountered less problem on any system I own, including dell and hp.

    Linux specific manufactures like system 76, tuxedo, slimbook, starlab, and nova custom are also great options, but I cannot endorse them since I never used any of them.

    With framework, you get:

    • assembled in Taiwan, with many components made in Taiwan
    • more "cutting-edge" hardware (might require some minor tweaking, like running couple commands; but they have extremely detailed documentations on these tweaks).
    • better upgradablity (upgrade CPU, main board and battery)
    • 3:2 display with reasonable DPI (but need fractional scaling)

    With other linux manufacture, you have

    • (some) coreboot, system76 even has intel ME disabled.
    • standard screen resolution (1080P is bit grainy for me but you dont need fractional scaling)
    • preconfigured and preinstalled linux distro; 100% works out of the box, no tweaking or command.

    BTW, I think most of these laptops have great windows support as well (but check before you buy), so you are not locked into linux.