Re: What RH-like on a Dell XPS 15 (9590)?

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Hello Johnny,


On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:44:33 -0500 Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07/28/2017 05:40 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> > On 07/27/2017 12:25 PM, wwp wrote:  
> >> Hello there,
> >>
> >>
> >> I've just got a Dell XPS 15 (9590) at work and need to set up a stable
> >> GNU/Linux system on it. I thought of CentOS7, but.. obviously its
> >> kernel can't run on this hardware.
> >>
> >> What would you recommend? Waiting for CentOS8 is not an option unless
> >> it's a question of few weeks. Are there respins of the CentOS7 DVDs w/
> >> more top-recent kernels? I'm know of Fedora 26 or course, and not
> >> willing to switch to Ubuntu 16.10 at all.
> >>
> >>  
> > 
> > I have an experimental 4.9.x kernel stream for x86_64.  Let me see if I
> > can create a live-dvd that boots with that kernel and installs.  
> 
> 4.9 kernel tree for CentOS-7 that is.
> 
> It lives here:
> 
> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/experimental/x86_64/
> 
> (currently pushing a 4.9.39 kernel there)

Thanks, if I succeed in installing a C7, I'll make use of it and
provide feedback.


Regards,

-- 
wwp

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