On 07/28/2017 07:04 AM, wwp wrote: > 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. > hmmm .. the live ISO fails to boot .. there is not squashfs module .. let me see if I can fix that.
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