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## Inspiron

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
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Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
Inspiron 1300 | Don't Panic (Core Dump version) | 3D with xf86-video-intel | Intel | b44 module works out-of-the-box | BCM4318-based card, works with ndiswrapper | N/A | Untested | Untested | -- | Everything works out-of-the-box except wireless and sometimes screen resolution
Inspiron 1420 | 2012.09 | 3D with xf86-video-nouveau | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Yes, broadcom-wlAUR needed from the AUR | Untested | Untested | Untested | Untested | Everything that I have tested works great without any problems
Inspiron 1501 | Duke | 3D with proprietary ATI fglrx | Intel HD audio with ALSA | Yes | Yes, BCM4311 PCI-E with bcm43xx | N/A | Untested | Untested | Smart card reader works out-of-the-box | Everything else works without a hitch
Inspiron 1520 | Core Dump | 3D with NVIDIA | SigmaTel audio with ALSA | b44 module, out of the box | b43, need firmware | Yes | Both hibernate and suspend-to-RAM and works with pm-utils | Untested | Hot keys work out-of-the-box | Everything else works without a hitch
Inspiron 1525 | Arch Linux 2008.06 - "Overlord" FTP Install | 3D with xf86-video-intel 2.4.3, native resolution with xorg-server 1.5.3 (1280x800) | Intel HD Audio (SigmaTel STAC9228 codec) with ALSA | Marvell Yukon Gb Ethernet: Yes (sky2 module) | PRO/Wireless 3945ABG with iwlwifi-3945-ucode 15.28.2.8 | Untested (does not have) | Untested | Untested | SD card reader works out-of-the-box | `Fn+Up/Down` (LCD brightness control) works independently of the OS. Everything else work out-of-the-box.
Inspiron 1525 | Core Dump (2008.03 ISO) | 3D with xf86-video-intel 2.2, native resolution with xorg-server 1.4 (1280x800) | Intel HD Audio (SigmaTel STAC9228 codec) with ALSA | Marvell Yukon Gb Ethernet: Yes (sky2 module) | Broadcom BCM4310: Yes, ndiswrapper (AUR broadcom-wlAUR works, but must blacklist `ssb` module) | Untested (does not have) | Untested | Untested | SD card reader (Ricoh) works out-of-the-box | `Fn+Up/Down` (LCD brightness control) works independently of the OS; media keys configured with KeyTouch. DVD-RW drive and everything else work out-of-the-box.
Inspiron 1564 | Core Dump | 3D with either Catalyst or xf86-video-ati; both work flawlessly. | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Realtek RTL8101E Ethernet Controller | Intel WiFi Link 5100 with iwlagn driver | Untested | Both suspend and hibernate work flawlessly with pm-utils | Untested | Realtek card reader works out-of-the-box. LCD brightness works out-of-the-box; volume keys need configuring through key bindings. | Overall, this laptop is Linux friendly.
Inspiron 1764 | 2011.08.19 | 3D with xf86-video-intel | Works well with ALSA | Realtek RTL8101E 10/100 Ethernet Controller | Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n works well with brcmsmac[broken link: invalid section] | Untested | Untested | Does not have a modem | SD card reader and LCD brightness `Fn` keys work out-of-the-box | Fan control/monitoring is completely broken with i8kutilsAUR
Inspiron 14 3000 Series (Model 3420) | 2016.09.03 | Intel® HD Graphics 4000. Works out of the box with xf86-video-intel. | Works well with alsa-utils. | Yes, works out of the box | Yes, with broadcom-wlAUR | Untested | Suspend-to-RAM perfect. Hibernate untested. Disk spindown untested. | No | Synaptics touchpad work flawlessly. Wifi on/off and brightness Fn keys work flawlessly. Webcam and integrated microphone work. | Volume up / down and player control buttons need configuring through key bindings to work.
Inspiron 15 3000 Series (Model 3541) | 2016.01.01
Inspiron 15 5000 Series (Model 5547) | 2016.01.25 | Hybrid graphics/AMD Radeon R7 M260/M265, Please read Hybrid graphics#Dynamic Switching Model. This has not be tested yet. | Works with Intel HD Audio and PulseAudio, but need to configure microphone | Yes | Yes, works out of the box | Yes, works out of the box | Suspend-to-RAM untested. Hibernate untested. Disk spindown untested. | No modem | HDMI work, need configuration to swith between monitor. The touchpad work properly, but just test the basics | Webcam works, SD card reader untested
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7537) | 2016.06.01 | Intel® HD Graphics 4400. Works out of the box with xf86-video-intel. | Intel HD Audio. Works out of the box. | Yes RJ45 Ethernet | Intel 7260N or 7260AC, Works out of the box with iwlwifi. | Yes, works out of the box. | Suspend-to-RAM perfect. Hibernate perfect. Disk spindown untested. | No modem | HDMI perfect. The touchpad works with minimal configuration. | Volume up / down button needs some modifying to work all other buttons work with drivers that come with the kernel. ACPI battery is not detected on bootup and requires you to plug in and out the AC adapter.
Inspiron 15 7000 Series (Model 7548) | 2015.05 | AMD Radeon® R7 M270 | Untested | N/A | Yes, works out of the box | Yes, works out of the box | Suspend-to-RAM perfect. Hibernate untested. Disk spindown untested. | No modem | HDMI is currently untested. The touchpad (clickpad) needs some tweaking to work properly. If the kernel panics during bootup replace the 'keyboard'-hook with the specifc module. | Webcam works, SD card reader untested
Inspiron M5030 | Any | ATI works fine, catalyst untested | Yes, works out of the box | Yes | Yes, works out of the box | N/A | Untested | N/A | Everything works alright, and out of the box. | i8kutilsAUR required for fan control
Inspiron Duo 1090 (hybrid touchscreen netbook/tablet) | 2014.10.01 | Intel Atom Integrated VGA graphics controller. Software 3D, works out-of-the-box (1366x768). | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | No. | Yes, Qualcomm Atheros (ath9k) | Untested | Suspend-to-RAM works flawlessly. Hibernate untested. | No. | eGalax touchscreen and Synaptics touchpad work flawlessly. All function keys (Power manager, Wifi on/off, touchpad on/off, brightness and audio up/down work flawlessly. Webcam and integrated microphone work. | Audio out works, no standard audio-in or video out ports. USB audio-in and USB video-out untested.
Inspiron E1405 | Any | 3D with xf86-video-intel 2.0, native resolution with xorg-server 1.3 (1440x900) | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Yes, ipw3945 | Yes | Suspend-to-RAM is shaky; hibernate is flawless | Untested | SD card reader works out-of-the-box | Everything else works without a hitch
Model version | Arch Linux Install CD version | Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other | Remarks
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## Latitude

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
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Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
Latitude D420 | Duke | xf86-video-intel, native resolution with xorg-server 1.2 (1280x800) | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes (with tg3) | Yes (with ipw3945) | N/A |  | Untested | Have not tested SD card reader | External D-Bay DVD/CD-RW works, docking station mostly works (can un-dock, but locks up on re-docking)
Latitude D620 | Duke | 3D with NVIDIA, native resolution with xorg-server 1.2 (1440x900) 3D with Intel 945GM, native resolution 1440x900 | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Yes, bcm4311 PCI-E with bcm43xx. Yes for some models with iwl3945. | N/A | Suspend-to-RAM perfect, hibernate works fine. | Untested | not tested smart card reader | Everything else works without a hitch
Latitude D820 | Duke | 3D with NVIDIA drivers | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Yes, IPW3945 | Yes | Suspending with KDE works | Untested | Everything works, even fingerprint reader with bioapi and pam_bioapi | Everything else works without a hitch
Latitude D830 | Don't Panic (2007.08-2) | NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M with proprietary NVIDIA drivers | ALSA with the `snd_hda_intel` module | Yes, with `tg3` module | Yes, with `iwl3965` module | Yes | Yes, with pm-utils | Untested |  |
Latitude E5540 | 2016.02.01 | Haswell-ULT Integrated + GeForce GT 720M using nvidia | Haswell-ULT HD Audio | Yes, e1000e | Yes, Atheros AR9485 | Untested | Untested | No modem | Dock works find (DisplayPort expander, ethernet, USB | Everything seems to work without problems
Latitude E6420 | 2011.08.19 | Intel HD3000 xf86-video-intel | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes, e1000e | Yes, bcma-pci-bridge | Untested | Suspend-to-RAM good, hibernate not working | No modem | SD card reader works out-of-the-box, smart card reader works with ccid, opensc, pcsc-tools. Touchpad (alps a10) pointer aspens by default, install psmouse-elantechAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror] from the AUR to fix it (psmouse-alpsAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror] does not work anymore) | Ethernet was not working in fresh installation, had to clone repositories to HDD and update
Latitude E6530 | 2014.10.01 | NVIDIA NVS5200 3D works flawlessly with either nvidia or xf86-video-nouveau (1600x900). | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Intel Centrino A-N (with iwlwifi) | Flawless. File transfer and Audio streaming works | Suspend-to-RAM perfect. Hibernate perfect. Disk spindown perfect. | Untested | SD card reader, ALPS touchpad with gestures, and Webcam work flawlessly. Integrated and external microphone ports work flawlessly. Backlit keyboard, monitor backlight, audio up/down/mute controls all work flawlessly. | HDMI video works but must disable Optimus in bios. HDMI audio out works. If Optimus enabled, Intel HD4000 will be used and optirun works. Prevents use of HDMI (VGA only) but otherwise works.
Latitude E7450 | 2016.03.01 | Intel HD5500 xf86-video-intel | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | Yes | Intel Wireless 7265 | BT 4.0 LE, untested | Suspend-to-RAM perfect, Hibernate does not work. SSD drive (no spindown) | No. | SD card reader. Synaptics touchpad + stick. Webcam works without problems. Backlit keyboard. Integrated mic works. FN-keys works once you set them up (lock, volume, monitor, search, sleep, backlight). RFID reader. Fingerprint reader. Get about 9h batterylife. Intel i7 CPU, 16GB RAM. | Monitor backlight does not work out of the box. Need to be set up with some scripts. A distinct static clicking can be heard when using headphones about every second (turning up the volume drowns out the noise)

## Precision

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
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Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
Precision M4800 | 2014.04.01 | System not usable if booted without kernel parameter `nomodeset`. Nvidia Quadro K2100M works with nvidia, but Nouveau does not work because it requires KMS. | Untested | Yes | Yes | Untested | Untested | No modem | N/A | `nomodeset` is required to boot to a usable system, both with the Arch installation media and post-installation.

## Studio

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
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Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
Studio 1749 | 2013.01.04 | Radeon HD 5650M, `xf86-video-ati` is almost flawless (just slower 3D), `catalyst` is faster but has various issues. | HDA Intel MID, works with ALSA after adding `options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=dell-m6-dmic` to `/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf`. HDMI audio has some issues. | Yes | BCM43224, brcmsmac and broadcom-wlAUR both work | N/A | Suspend works; hibernate untested. | N/A | SD card reader works, media keys work, web cam, and microphone both work. | Flawless except for poor 3D performance and battery life.
Studio XPS M1640 | (2009.08) | ATI HD4670 Mobile works with xf86-video-ati (see the forums for 3D support); Catalyst drivers untested | Works with Intel HD Audio and ALSA. | Yes | Works with iwlagn | Bluetooth works | Works but when using xf86-video-ati, there is video corruption upon boot | N/A | Web cam works, media keys work with the `dell_laptop` kernel module, IR works, card reader works | Everything basically worked out-of-the-box

## XPS

Model version | Arch Linux install CD version | Hardware support | Remarks
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Video | Sound | Ethernet | Wireless | Bluetooth | Power management | Modem | Other
XPS L322 | 2013_03 | Intel HD 4000, with xf86-video-intel | Intel HD Audio with ALSA | No Ethernet port | Yes | Untested | Yes | No modem | No SD card slot | ALPS Touchpad recognized only as PS/2 mouse, two-finger scroll, finger tap-to-click, etc... does not work. Some new mouse drivers suggest a fix but have not worked.
XPS M1210 | Duke | 3D with NVIDIA open source drivers | SigmaTel audio with ALSA | b44 module, out-of-the-box | IPW 3945, command-line wireless_tools | Untested | Untested | Untested | rico card reader worked out-of-the-box, hot keys using keytouch, web cam works but is unstable. In MPlayer, use `driver=v4l2:device=/dev/video0` | Everything else works without a hitch
XPS M1330 | Don't Panic (2007.08-2) | For dedicated graphics (NVIDIA 8400m) works with NVIDIA package | Works with Intel HD Audio and ALSA, but need to configure microphone | Yes | Works with iwl4965 | Can set Bluetooth but have not tested with any devices | Suspend works fine with pm-utils (acpi_cpufreq problem: see forums) | Untested | 2.0 MP web cam works with uvcvideo, media keys work with keytouch or esekeyd, IR remote works, SD card works | Everything basically worked out-of-the-box except the microphone
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