[arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

Wed Sep 28 21:24:41 UTC 2016

> I would personally recommend the Project Sputnik hardware from Dell
> <http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop?c=us&l=en&s=biz>,
> in particular the XPS 13 Developer Edition .They put a decent amount of
> effort into making sure the BIOS and firmware at least work with the latest
> version of Ubuntu and mainline these for the most part. Worst comes to
> worst, you can just repackage the stuff from Ubuntu but I'd say pretty much
> everything is working as well as it should on mainline Arch today.

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>> Not exactly open-source/FSF-endorsed but https://system76.com/ sells
>> laptops with Ubuntu-preinstalled so those are also guaranteed to run Arch.

we should propably collect such knowledge in the wiki. something like
"hardware guide" or similar?