corp769 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hey dell, corp here. Just wondering if you guys have any open-source tools or utilities that you use, yet we wouldn't know about. Not sure if this should be here, but I have the M14x. Also, linux user here, so as well.... Any "official" linux support from Dell yet? Cheers,o/Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted December 9, 2012 Founder Share Posted December 9, 2012 What kind of tools are you referring to? But no I don't think we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corp769 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Was anything in general really.... Bios flasher/utilities, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted December 10, 2012 Founder Share Posted December 10, 2012 Yeah nada from Dell for Linux at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unreal25 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I think it's not just Dell, it's difficult to get drivers and support from other manufacturers too, like Lenovo. I tried using Ubuntu or Mint on my Thinkpad X200T and had so much difficulty getting all the drivers to work (most or all of them being unofficial) and some things I never managed to work properly, like switching from laptop to tablet mode and some features of the tablet functionality. I eventually gave up and went back to Windows. I'm hoping that Linux gets more love once Steam releases their Linux client, which Valve is pushing at least in part due to the new Microsoft's policies about app development in Windows 8. So there may be some really good things coming up due to "appleization" of Windows. I live for the day when we'll ditch the Windows all together and work equally well on Linux. After I've seen Win8 this day may come sooner than I expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corp769 Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Honestly, for me, I'm still a 100% linux guy. I'm just always on the look for open-sourced software, etc. Plus I'm more old school, and prefer the command line over everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicyanww Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Is has not any official Linux based operating system support by Dell in currently.Hope Dell can release linux support soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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