[GLLUG] Dell Alienware 17 - anyone installed/used this with Linux?

[Bernard Peek]

On 20/09/2017 17:55, M.Blackmore via GLLUG wrote:
> Dell Alienware 17 - anyone installed/used this with Linux?
>
> Need a 17 inch laptop with high res. This model's display quality is
> remarked on in reviews.
>
> Anyone installed and run Linux on one of these? They have an nVidia
> video chipset, so that's OK. But what about Wifi driver availability?
> Sound chip?
>
> Bios for booting other OS - can disable Secure boot? Any other things
> people can see which would prevent dual booting?
>
> Any help welcome - then I'll go back to lurking 'cos don't have enough
> technical nouse to saying anything useful here...
> Malcolm
>
Sorry, mine is my Windows machine. I'll be booting it from a live CD in 
the next few days to do some disk management though.

A caveat though. Mine is the R1 version with a 2.4GHz processor. It runs 
hot and sometimes overheats.

-- 
Bernard Peek, bap at shrdlu.com