7390 XPS 13 Dev edition- Dedicated ubuntu drivers
I recently got the new 2019 XPS 13 dev edition. the Only "issue" I have is that it comes with ubuntu 18.04. before moving to ubuntu 19.10 (or Kubuntu) I was wondering if there is anything specific on the ubuntu version Dell is using. So Far everything is working like a charm, and I wouldn't want to break things while upgrading ;)
Thanks for your help.
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I tried updating my XPS 7390 last night. The process is not ideal and I ended up reverting to 18.04 (for now). The primary issues were:
Wifi driver isn't present so you have no internet. You can overcome this by downloading the driver and installing it manually. I used the instructions here.
The display looks like it needs a driver because the screen quality wasn't as good. I gave up while investigating so I didn't full track that down.
The Dell apt repos won't work any more. I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that because of that that all this custom stuff will now have to be manually updated for a while. I'd love to know if I'm wrong there and it can just be re-enabled.
After all that I got worried that I'd have to fish to see if other bits and pieces were missing and, as this is my daily driver, I was worried something wouldn't work at a critical moment so I reverted.
I really hope someone can publish a full accounting of what's missing and how to do it properly one day (maybe Dell). I'd love to but I just don't know exactly what the steps are.
If you update, let us know somehow!
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