[conwaytwitty]

I use mine with linux (Ubuntu Mate + xmonad) and so far I like it (as a disclaimer, the company bought it, not me personally).

What I did so far:

  - updated all the firmware to the latest (thunderbolt has a separate firmware)
  - bumblebee automatically disables the nvidia gpu on startup (i don't need the extra power or power draw)

I run in 1080p on the 4k screen, which is kind of sad, but the hidpi support just isn't there yet. Gnome3+ might have better support but can't replace the WM for xmonad in those variants.

I used to have the first XPS13 model with linux support officially from dell and this laptop is just as good and even better due to better hardware. Slightly larger and heavier but not an issue for me.

Palm detection support is ass and might have to look into it more as it's driving me crazy. There is also some firmware bug where the screen won't start after sleep.

With proper hidpi support and remaining firmware fixes from dell this will be a nice laptop even with linux.

[levesque]

That's my main issue with Linux, hardware support is always a couple of years behind. Although at some point it catches up and probably surpasses Windows (I can't stand using my touchpad with the official ASUS drivers), this limbo period with less than stellar support is a PITA.

It sucks that you have to carry around the extra weight of an NVidia GPU that's never used though.

[ht85]

For your input problem, I would recommend:

- disable palm detection completely

- turn off "disable touchpad while typing" completely (`pkill syndaemon` in a startup script)

- use synaptics AreaX settings to ignore taps and drags starting too close to the edge

- tune the tap / doubletap timing

Here are my custom settings for last 2 points:

  AreaLeftEdge 1700
  AreaRightEdge 5100
  MaxDoubleTapTime 180
  SingleTapTimeout 180