- INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 HOW TO
- INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 INSTALL
- INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 UPDATE
I chose to encrypt my home folder when prompted a bit later on. 
Create a partition for your files (home) and set mount point to /home. Create a partition for the swap (use swap type). Create a partition for the OS with type Ext4 and set mount point to / (root). Create partitions for linux system on hard drive. In installation type, select “Something Else”. Boot the USB Installer in UEFI mode (UEFI & Secure Boot should work fine). Optional: Disable Fastboot in BIOS – Set to “Thorough” or “Auto”. Disable RAID On and switch to AHCI in BIOS settings. Press F12 key while Dell logo displays during boot up to enter Boot Settings. Update/Flash the BIOS if newer version available (no new BIOS available at the time of writing). You can leave these alone, but since Windows will need to be reinstalled, you could also just get ride of everything and start fresh too I guess. There are several Windows partitions for used for Windows & Dell recovery and other Windowsy things. Or download a tool like AOMEI Partition Manager. Make sure to account for pagefile, hybrid suspend etc before, otherwise Windows doesn’t let you shrink the volume enough. Turn off “Fast Start” / “Quick boot” in Windows, restart. Resize existing partitions in Windows 10 with Windows Disk Manager to make room for Ubuntu on your HD/SSD. Create a bootable USB disk with Xubuntu 15.10 (Or other flavor). INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 HOW TO
If anyone knows how to get Windows working again after switching to AHCI from Raid On without reinstalling, please let me know! So backup any data and make a bootable recovery disk.
INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 INSTALL
IMPORTANT NOTICE: In order to install Ubuntu you will need to change Bios to use AHCI Sata mode, instead of Raid On. Tools needed: Torx T5 screwdriver, small Philips screwdriver, tweezers, a plastic shim for prying open the case.See the following link for how to get to the card.Replace the Broadcom WiFi card with the Intel 7265 Wireless Card.Thanks to all the hard working open source software developers out there that make it possible to run Linux on this machine! Dual Booting with Windows 10 Pre-Installation Preparation:
INSTALL LINUX ON DELL XPS 10 UPDATE
I’ll continue to update this page for reference as more issues get addressed.
proceed as usual.These are my notes on installing and running Linux (Xubuntu) on the Dell XPS 9350. in the boot menu -> select Install Ubuntu, but don't enter yet but press "e" to edit boot options and add "acpi=off" to the line with "linux" (which usually ends with something like "quiet splash" and press ctrl+X to save and continue. Select UEFI boot -> (name of the USB stick). Installation (Press F12 repeatdly during boot) General -> Boot Sequence -> switch UEFI to Legacyģ. General -> Advanced boot options -> Enable legacy Option ROMs. secure boot -> secure boot enable -> disable. 
system configuration -> SATA operation -> AHCI (+save). 
Preparations in BIOS (click F2 repeatedly during booting)
shrink the windows partition: search command "Disk management", right-click the partition and select "shrink"Ģ.
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