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Third LTS for XPS

Third LTS for XPS

It all started with some annoying audio issues in combination with a docking station. In my search for a solution I found out DisplayLink's latest driver is compatible with Ubuntu's latest Long Term Support release (22.04). So why not just upgrade to the new LTS and see if (audio)

Firmware updates keep coming

Firmware updates keep coming

To finish of the workweek I decided it was time to patch my daily driver laptop, the Dell XPS 13 7390. This is probably not to entertaining to most, but might be informative to some. And it might come in handy when issues arise because of this upgrade. > fwupdmgr update

Dell XPS 13 still going strong

For some months now I use a Dell XPS 13 laptop [https://vleeuwen.net/linux-pre-installed-laptop/] as my daily driver and I am still quite happy with it. The main reason was roaming the office and the ability to use it to work from home when needed. Another nice thing was

Firmware overload

Firmware overload

On the 9th of december I received a notificaton about new firmware for my laptop. As mentionted on my previous post [https://vleeuwen.net/firmware-happiness/] I would take screenshot to show how it looks like. See the picture below. djvl@antares ~> sudo fwupdmgr get-updates XPS 13 7390 System Firmware has

Linux pre-installed laptop

Linux pre-installed laptop

Yesterday I received my first laptop which had Ubuntu pre-installed. It is a Dell XPS 13 developer edition (7390). The idea is to replace the large workstation under the desk with this system to be more flexible at the workplace. It was a really nice first impression to see most

PE1950 installation hassle

Installing debian etch (40r4a) on a Dell PowerEdege 1950 with SAS disks was not to easy. Debian crashed the fist reboot after the install, because of not loading or finding the correct module in initrd. The second issuse was swaping the drive from sdb to sda. This is how I