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by happymellon 968 days ago
Be careful, and do your research when buying Windows XPS's. I had to send my last one (2019 I think) back because the fingerprint readers weren't supported and the Developer editions with Linux just omitted the fingerprint reader. No interest from Dell to get drivers made for them.

I have no idea if there are bits on the 2023 Windows edition that aren't supported. It might all be fine.

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Good point. I'm fine just doing with fingerprint reader, did you send it back because you wanted that feature, or was it causing some deeper issue?

I was thinking to go for the XPS 15 since it's rated as the best overall Linux laptop in 2023 by Zdnet[1] and xda-developers[2].

[1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-linux-laptop/ [2] https://www.xda-developers.com/best-laptops-linux/

I sent it back because I wanted the fingerprint reader, and I also found the keyboard didn't have enough travel.

I went back to Lenovo and their fingerprint reader worked fine, including being mainlined by Lenovo.

If you don't care about that, then go for it.