Dell XPS Developer Edition question

[blindside]

Hey ya'll. I'm sure this has been answered, but my search fu is weak tonight. This Dell comes with Ubuntu installed and I'm not really a fan of this distro. I have used MX in the past and liked it a lot. Does anyone know if this particular "Developer Edition" and the Ubuntu installed do anything special that I need to know about, or can I go ahead and safely install MX? Also, have there been any issues that have needed to be resolved after installing? This is the 2019 13" version. Thanks so much.

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[JayM]

No idea. Can you run

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inxi -Fxrz

in a terminal then copy/paste the results here wrapped inside of [code] [/code] tags (the </> icon in the forum editor)? That might give us a clue whether there's anything to watch out for.

[blindside]

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System:    Host: blindside-XPS-13-9380 Kernel: 4.15.0-1045-oem x86_64
           bits: 64 gcc: 7.4.0
           Desktop: Gnome 3.28.4 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu3)
           Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9380 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Dell model: 0RYJWW v: A00 serial: N/A
           UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.0 date: 06/03/2019
Battery    BAT0: charge: 47.6 Wh 96.4% condition: 49.4/52.0 Wh (95%)
           model: SMP DELL G8VCF6C status: Discharging
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5-8265U (-MT-MCP-) 
           arch: Kaby Lake rev.12 cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 14400
           clock speeds: max: 3900 MHz 1: 800 MHz 2: 800 MHz 3: 800 MHz
           4: 800 MHz 5: 800 MHz 6: 800 MHz 7: 800 MHz 8: 800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Device 3ea0 bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.03hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (Whiskey Lake 3x8 GT2)
           version: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.2 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel Device 9dc8 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-1045-oem
Network:   Card: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath10k_pci bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 256.1GB (12.5% used)
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: Micron_2200S_NVMe_256GB size: 256.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 229G used: 30G (14%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main #Added by software-properties
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
           deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic restricted main universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
           deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates restricted main universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
           deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
           deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security restricted main universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-dell-italia-whl.list
           deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell-italia-whl public
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-dell-service.list
           deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell-service public
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-dell.list
           deb http://dell.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-dell public
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bionic-oem.list
           deb http://oem.archive.canonical.com/updates/ bionic-oem public
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Info:      Processes: 343 Uptime: 25 min Memory: 2212.4/7630.2MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.191) inxi: 2.3.56

[JayM]

Please edit that and wrap the information inside of code tags. Click the pencil icon to edit the post, select everything, then click the </> icon.

[blindside]

I'm sorry but I am not sure how to wrap it in code tags. Still a newbie

[JayM]

Click the pencil icon near the top right of your post, and either type [code] [/code] with the first one at the very beginning and the last one at the very end, or select all of the text then just click the </> icon in the editor's toolbar. Then click the Submit button.

[blindside]

Done and thanks

[JayM]

Thanks. that's SO MUCH easier to read.

I don't see anything at all on that system that might have problems with MX. Core i5 CPU, Intel GPU, Atheros wifi, 8GB of RAM. It should work fine. Just don't install any Ubuntu or other PPAs in MX, or enable the MX Test or Backports repos in MX Repo Manager, and you should do fine.

The only thing that might possibly be an issue is the NVMe drive, but if it works in Ubuntu it should work in MX too.

BTW, see here for information about creating a full-featured MX Live USB under other operating systems and distros.

[blindside]

So sorry about the editing. I won't do that again and I learned something new. Thanks so much for all your help brother. You have been a lifesaver. One additional question... another user said they had issues with it handling XFCE. Any thoughts?

[JayM]

I don't see why it should have issues with Xfce, but you can always "test drive" MX from the live USB and find out before you install. If you make a full-featured USB by installing the MX Live USB Maker in Ubuntu and using that to burn the MX iso to your USB stick and press F5 at its boot menu and enable persistence (perst_all) you can even run MX completely on the USB, so you can test it as long as you like, play with customizing its appearance, install apps from the repos, etc. for as long as you like before you install.

One thing: be sure to check the md5 sum of the iso you downloaded against the values given on the MX download page just to make sure the iso file is good.