Hello Ubuntu community,
To begin with, I am not familiar with any Dell device so far. Actually, I am a long time Lenovo laptops user and for the last two years I run only Fedora and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.
I would like to ask you for advice. I expect to receive my new Dell Vostro 3530 (i5 processor with iGPU – no Nvidia) which comes with an installed Ubuntu 22.04, and it seems that the laptop will have a Dell-specific Ubuntu installation with option for recovery of the factory Ubuntu 22.04 image if there is a problem with the device/operating system (seems like a standard for the Dell machines with Linux). As far as I know, changing the OS by myself, it would possibly violate the 3 years warranty.
My questions are the following. Does anybody from the community have experience with Dell Vostro 3530 and have you ever tried to manually install clean Ubuntu 24.04 on it (so to speak, to freshly install it from USB drive and overwrite all previous installations/settings)? How was the installation process established – were there any issues, problem with the secure boot and BIOS, etc.? In addition, if someone is running Ubuntu 24.04 on this Dell, could you please share your experience in terms of stability and performance – are there any problems, issues, proprietary drivers headaches, network card pains, etc.? Last but not least, have you ever tried to update the BIOS after the installation of Ubuntu 24.04? If the answer is yes – how did you perform it and were there any difficulties?
Thank you very much in advance! Cheers!