Editing Dell Precision 5520 (section)

== Notes for Installing Linux ==
You will need to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS. Repeatedly press F2 when turning on the laptop to get to the BIOS screen.

During installfest events, we'll use PxE booting (network booting) as an alternative to using so many flash drives/LiveUSB sticks. This will require some special configuration in the BIOS, see [[Installfest_PXE_Server]] for details. You will have to allow legacy boot &amp; decrease thunderbolt security (to unauthenticated access) to get PxE booting over ethernet to work properly. Installation of Linux via UEFI/PxE booting on legacy boot works well for these laptops. You will need Dell's specific ethernet dongle to do PxE booting on them.

The GPU is based on the [https://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-M1200-Benchmarks-and-Specs.207414.0.html Maxwell architecture], which is not fully compatible with the FLOSS nouveau driver. You may need to install the nvidia proprietary driver or the bumblebee driver with nvidia for graphics to work. nouveau may not work well as a daily driver, but it is okay to have running during installation on a Live USB with a Linux distribution on it (it is the default of most distros to include nouveau instead of nvidia).