- Jun 5, 2013
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I have an Inspiron 14R 5437 laptop running Windows 8.1. I haven't upgraded to Windows 10, and I'm actually thinking of replacing Windows with a Linux distro. My question is: will it work fine?
According to the support website for this model, Dell offers no Linux drivers. In fact, Ubuntu 11.10 is listed as a supported OS, but no drivers are listed under that option.
I've wanted to try Linux for a long time, but my passion for gaming always kept me from it. This laptop, however, never did well with heavier games -- it would always overheat -- so I believe I can keep using it to satisfy my vintage gaming needs under Linux by running games through Wine.
If that proves to be the case, then my concern falls into hardware-OS compatibility. Will I be able to find the drivers for Linux? Will the touch screen, HDMI output, etc work properly? If you guys could shed some light onto this, I'd be very grateful.
According to the support website for this model, Dell offers no Linux drivers. In fact, Ubuntu 11.10 is listed as a supported OS, but no drivers are listed under that option.
I've wanted to try Linux for a long time, but my passion for gaming always kept me from it. This laptop, however, never did well with heavier games -- it would always overheat -- so I believe I can keep using it to satisfy my vintage gaming needs under Linux by running games through Wine.
If that proves to be the case, then my concern falls into hardware-OS compatibility. Will I be able to find the drivers for Linux? Will the touch screen, HDMI output, etc work properly? If you guys could shed some light onto this, I'd be very grateful.