Thanks for the advice! One last question. I have never tried AMD/ATI graphics in linux. Does anyone know if the FirePRo discrete card would be easier to get working than the Quadro in a laptop?
My options are: AMD FirePro™ W5170M Nvidia® Quadro® M1000M Either way, if I'm paying for the card, it would be nice to get the extra graphics working, but for the most part the intel graphics would be fine. If anyone has some solid advice on this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks, John Shaver On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:49 AM, John Shaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Do any of you have experience with running linux (Debian/Arch > preferably) on any of the recent Dell Precision laptops? They have a > newer type of hybrid graphics and I don't think you can disable the > hybrid graphics in the BIOS anymore. > > Of particular concern: > > They don't allow you to order it with ubuntu and the 4k display. Even > if I can only use the intel graphics, it should support a 4k display > right? > > I want to run 2 4k displays off of the docking port. I think the > Intel graphics should support this, but I had trouble getting a single > display to work with a Lenovo W550s (with similar hybrid graphics) and > Ubuntu. I ended up returning that laptop. > > So I guess I just want to see if anyone has any experience with these > laptops before I spend 2k one =/ > > Thanks, > > John Shaver /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
