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

Thu Jul 27 20:18:09 UTC 2017
wwp <subscript at free.fr>

Hello m.roth at 5-cent.us,


On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:25:49 -0400 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:

> wwp wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >  
> Hey, I just tried googling, and I cannot find a 9590, only 9550. You sure
> of that?

It's simply a typo: 9560. I've read of 9550 successful stories, but
none of 9560 yet.

 
> Oh, and will it boot without UEFI from a flash drive?

It's UEFI, I get the boot menu, but it won't go further.


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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