Firstly, make sure your BIOS is updated to the latest version. If it somehow wasn't obvious, you'll need to change a few BIOS settings on your Dell. WLAN: Intel AC 9260 (I ditched the Broadcom Killer Wireless immediately).RAM: 16GB DDR4 Kingston HyperX (replaced the standard 8GB Hynix RAM).CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ Quad Core CPU 2.50GHz.Hopefully this 'guide' can help some people in getting this marvelous distro to work on their Dell. Therefore it's no surprise that installing Debian on my Dell XPS 9560 (Touchscreen 4K variant) was a total piece of cake. Debian just 'works' basically right out of the box. Where every other mainstream distro has required consistent debugging, 16 plus boot flags, endless 'tweaking' to prevent freezes and kernel panics and no less than 1000 cups of coffee to stay sane. How to install Debian 10.6 'buster' on your Dell XPS 15 9560ĭebian for me as always been my favourite Linux distro.
