Hi Roger, [...]
Would you recommend the laptop for use with openSUSE?
I had to make a decision for a new notebook last month. Until now I always had Thinkpads - and yes, you can run them with openSUSE, but they are far from being perfect. After reading a lot of comments and tests (especially on notebookcheck.net), I decided to buy a DELL XPS 13 9370. The developer edition comes with Ubuntu preinstalled. I installed openSUSE Tumbleweed and tested each and everything. And what can I say: Everything works for me, including all devices connected to my Thunderbolt dock (scanner, printer, audio box, ...). Then I simply copied my Tumbleweed installation from the previous machine to this new one - and still everything worked after having modified a few config files. The battery has less power than the Lenovo ones, but in daily usage the machine runs about 10 to 12 hours without having to connect it to an external power source. Having connected it it is fully charged in about one and a half hours. What was really important for me: I hate noise, so the notebook must be as silent as possible. The XPS is completely silent, if the power scheme is set to "Quiet" and you only use office programs or surf on the Internet. During backups or compilation one can hear the fans (yes it has two of them), but it is not louder than a slight rustling ot leaves. So I can definitely recommend this notebook and especially for use with linux. Only pitfall is the trackpad, which reacts a bit too slow and is a bit too unprecise in my opinion. But perhaps I have to get used to it.
-- Roger Oberholtzer
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