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June 3rd, 2024 04:25

To many BUG's with LInux Ubuntu

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I purchased the new Dell XPS 13 9340 and set up Ubuntu 22. I've never had such a bad experience before; everything has too many bugs:

- Screen resolution issues
- Camera not working after driver setup
- Takes 2 minutes to unlock after lock screen
- Many unexpected crashes leading to logout
- Microphone and speaker not detected, etc.

I waited and then reinstalled Ubuntu 24, released on April 25. Some bugs were fixed, but there are still too many remaining:

- Camera still not working; unable to update drivers
- Mouse freezes sometimes
- 2-minute delay in unlocking after lock screen
- Chrome browser occasionally adds noise to the speaker
- Mouse scroll freezes intermittently
- Unexpected crashes leading to logout
- GUI freezes occasionally

I'm worried about unexpected problems during calls. I've owned many XPS laptops over the years, and my previous XPS with Ubuntu 22 worked quite well.

If you're planning to buy a Dell XPS and install Ubuntu, be aware that it might cause a lot of terrible situations. Hopefully, future Ubuntu updates will improve the situation, but if given the chance, I'll switch to a Mac and set up virtual Ubuntu instead.

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June 5th, 2024 06:08

I'm seeing many of the issues you've described under Ubuntu 22.04 on the Precision 5680's and Precision 5690's too. Recent firmware updates have honestly just made the situation worse under 22.04. Too bad my company has settled on 22.04 because as you said, 24.04 does fix some of these problems. I wish Dell hardware had a "Linux Compatibility Mode" like Lenovo has in their BIOSes on Thinkpads.  Linux has a large enough desktop marketshare especially in the engineering and technical fields that Dell should actively do some sort of hardware testing and validation. I guess Linux is just not their priority at the moment.

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June 6th, 2024 20:53

Guys, I am with you! Very slow unlock (I think it's related to the fingerprint driver - when I disabled it was quick - but haven't tested this properly) and camera not working on a Dell 9315 on Ubuntu 24.04

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