Posted on 09/11/2019 7:39:56 PM PDT by dayglored
> Did you format the drive first? or dual install it alongside windows?
Neither. The laptop came with a M.2 physical format SSD card with Windows 10 installed. I removed that and saved it, should I ever have to have factory service done on the hardware. Then I installed a fresh M.2 SSD card, and installed Ubuntu 18.04 on it.
Since I only run Windows as a VM these days, after getting Ubuntu stabilized on the hardware, I installed VMware Workstation Pro 15, and created a new VM of Windows 10 release 1903.
The combination works well.
I’
m wondering why only a recent version of ubuntu woudl run on it? Seems like all version should run on it- but then again i don’t know about these things- maybe the older versions have trouble with hte newer M2 SSD’s I’m guessing? My SSd is a regular one, not an M2 type- so maybe it was more recognized by older versions of linux-
What about all the drivers this evil Alienware needs?
It’s the Alienware 17 consolation prize for when they “couldn’t fix” my Alienware 18.
Locked into Win10 by the stupid drivers since there are no Win7 drivers available for the hardware.
I hate 10 with a passion, even after installing Classic Shell.
Sucks.
You would not the first to run linux mint on the alienware dell. I think you might be pleasantly surprised with the drivers already packaged with the mint, they have included just about everything for everything. Mint also has it’s own BIOS firmware available to make it a linux BIOS, and BIOS/driver packages for Dell ready for download from their repository.
Exactly what model Dell is that? Some of those actually came from the factory with linux as an optional OS. Meaning it might already be Linux friendly and Dell would also have all the linux drivers available if the Mint has any issues with hardware. :)
This demonic POS they’re applauding.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/alienware-17-r5,5645.html
They sent me this thing because they couldn’t “fix” my beloved 18.
It’s all I have to use now so I’m stuck with it.
Stupid thing doesn’t even have a built in DVD OR media card slot.
A whole two USB ports.
Horrible.
I have to use an external DVD write to create the ISO with so I will try it.
Yep, I went and did some homework on that, And I think you are good to go. Or... You can also make a bootable linux USB stick. I am going to PM you if you don’t mind. :)
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