[CentOS] What RH-like on a Dell XPS 15 (9590)?

[wwp]

Hello Mike,


On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:01:18 -0400 "Mike McCarthy, W1NR" <sysop at w1nr.net> wrote:

> I would go with Fedora or OpenSUSE latest if you want RH like on that
> hardware. There is nothing that unstable about them other than losing
> updates and maintenance after 2 years and having to upgrade.
> 
> Another choice is to run Virtualbox on the Windows that shipped with the
> laptop and run a CentOS 7 virtual guest.
> 
> If you REALLY need RHEL (CentOS) running on the hardware I would return
> the XPS and get a Lattitude or Precision laptop. They have much better
> Linux support as they tend to be more stability oriented rather than
> latest and greatest hardware.

As a try, I could install a Fedora 26 - installation and runtime went fine,
apparently for everything (cpu, disk, video, wifi, bluetooth, sound..).
Bad luck, once back to Windows (it's a dual boot), the UEFI config lost
the F26 entry, I'm good to reinstall and find how to prevent Windows to
override the UEFI config. Also digging other directions..


Regards,

> On 07/27/2017 01:25 PM, wwp wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >
> >
> > I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable
> > GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its
> > kernel can't run on this hardware.
> >
> > What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless
> > it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/
> > more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not
> > willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
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wwp
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