Alienware 1. 4 and Linux - OS and Applications - Forum - OS and Applications. Thanks for the help everyone! I will try these things and post back what I find, you guys do the same and maybe we can figure this out. I have had NO help from Dell on this no matter how many times I've called.
I'm not impressed with the technical support so far!! I'm beginning to think I'm on my own. If I do get the video and wifi to work on a LIVE cd, I still have a question, where to install GRUB. The way my hard drive partitions are laid out, sda. M OEM partition, sda.
Is there any version of Linux that will work with an Alienware 14 laptop? I'm trying to install it on one and have run into a couple problems.I'm trying to install Zorin 6.4 / 64, (Ubuntu varient) from the live cd and one at the desktop the screen 'tears' into 4 images and I can't really get any further. Linux.com - For the community, by the community, Linux.com is the central source for Linux information, software, documentation, how-tos and answers across the server, desktop/netbook, mobile, and embedded areas.
Hi nmushkin, our engineering department has not tested Linux in the Alienware systems since the only operating system we support is Windows; therefore we don’t have information regarding whether the command center (which is the software in charge of controlling the lights) will work or not after doing this change. Build a custom gaming PC at Alienware. Alienware manufactures the world's best high-performance PC gaming laptop and desktop computers. Buy yours today. I've seen the newer Alienware rigs that have those colour changing lights and user/temp controlled fans and the opening spine of fins to exhaust the hot air. I like how these look and run, but I've not been able to find out if these machines can run on linux (Ubuntu, Zorin, Debian, etc) without losing the ability to use these features as one would have access to in Windows. I'm mostly curious as well since these are Dell machines and since Dell does sell some of their computers preloaded with. I was comparing Mac vs. Alienware Notebooks and I came across an interesting thread on some random site. Apparently Alienware is gathering data through surveys on whether or not they should include the option to order your Alienware with Linux pre-installed. Awesome, right? Maybe this is old new, maybe it's not. I'm not just posting for the news update, though, I was hoping the community could help out and go to this link below.
G Recovery partition, and sda. C: OS partition. I have Windows 7 Ultimate pre- installed in LEGACY mode with SECURE BOOT = OFF. The hard drive is formatted in MBR, not GPT. Do you know what partition the Windows boot loader is on, and where to install GRUB?
I'm thinking, but not sure, that I should shrink C: down, create an sda. Linux, and sda. 5 for a swap partition, and install grub on sda.