In theory, laptops from Dell should work with Linux.
In practice, not so much, especially if you like to sleep and wake up from sleep everytime without a crash + a reasonable power consumption, both during use and during sleep.
IMHO consumption during sleep far more important: if I didn't plug the computer, I expect it to wake up immediately (no S4/suspend to disk) and with less than 0.5% of battery lost per hour (so for 10h of sleep and 80% battery before sleep, at least 75% battery left), if I put it in a bag, I expect it to stay asleep and not be a fire hazard: dells run hot when closed and in a bag, to the point of battery exhaustion or thermal shutdown)
I prefer Lenovo for everything, especially the keyboard but also ECC ram, OLED displays ... things almost impossible to find anywhere else!
I've been moving to a eink tablet but I purchased a Lenovo wireless keyboard: every key being in the exact same position on all my hardware has sizeable benefits in comfort.
Also, I want PageUp and PageDown around the Up key, something impossible to find outside of Lenovo.
I run two XPS 15s (2015ish 9550 workhorse / main computer, 2022ish 9250) and haven't had the slightest issue with either, although I keep the on board Nvidia disabled on both, which might explain the "reasonable power consumption" bit.
Hardware on the other hand, these things are like caring for an anorexic bubble baby with severe bone density issues. The hardware is a piece of shit, but also extremely easy to repair. Burned through at least 3 keyboards on the 2015, at least 4 pairs of speakers (new set sitting in a parcel in the room right now), 1 motherboard (mechanical stress snapped the heatsink), 2 power plugs, replacement top case because of screen latch stress snapping some tiny piece of plastic, probably more I've forgotten. Separately, the mic seems to be installed literally inside the fans, they made the screen bezel so thin on the 2022 model that they couldn't even include a web cam competitive with the 1998 Game Boy camera, it's embarrassing to videoconf from it
These old ones still had a proper S3 sleep support. The new Dells are on the "modern standby" crap pushed by Microsoft and deep sleep doesn't work on any OS. Somehow we managed to regress, it's no longer safe to just close your laptop and put it to your backpack. (few times I did that with my Precision 5550, it got so hot I was afraid the battery will explode)
Lenovo laptops tend to be best bang for buck but ime poor build quality and support. I've sent each of the three I've owned in for warranty repair at some point. It took at least a month for all of them and two of them still died a month or two later from repair-related issues (eg glue around new lcd housing was too weak and it eventually warped / cracked).
> never been able to reliably wake from sleep. Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Windows 11- it doesn’t matter.
Same, with other Dells. There was one where I analyzed the BIOS ACPI tables and concluded it was impossible to wake from sleep on any OS, due to bugs I've found: I can't find my old post, but https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/kolf5f/patching_the_d... is a good summary.
I also remember someone doing deeping ACPI table modifications to limit the power draw on the Xeon Laptops. I can't find the link right now, but IIRC it was related to the PCH powergating.
These issues plague the whole line. For another analysis (and confirmation), this time on how deep C states (very important for temperature and for sleep) can only be reached one after boot, see https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/precision-mo...
Bigme (10 inch color eink) but the Boox are also great if you like color eink. It's a matter of preferences: I got both, kept the Bigme and gifted the Boox.
I was asked about my setup a few days ago. I'm preparing a tutorial to help with rooting, removing unwanted apps etc.
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In practice, not so much, especially if you like to sleep and wake up from sleep everytime without a crash + a reasonable power consumption, both during use and during sleep.
IMHO consumption during sleep far more important: if I didn't plug the computer, I expect it to wake up immediately (no S4/suspend to disk) and with less than 0.5% of battery lost per hour (so for 10h of sleep and 80% battery before sleep, at least 75% battery left), if I put it in a bag, I expect it to stay asleep and not be a fire hazard: dells run hot when closed and in a bag, to the point of battery exhaustion or thermal shutdown)
I prefer Lenovo for everything, especially the keyboard but also ECC ram, OLED displays ... things almost impossible to find anywhere else!
I've been moving to a eink tablet but I purchased a Lenovo wireless keyboard: every key being in the exact same position on all my hardware has sizeable benefits in comfort.
Also, I want PageUp and PageDown around the Up key, something impossible to find outside of Lenovo.