It should be known that although Dell claims these systems work with Linux, there is a BIOS bug that causes USB (keyboard and mouse) to lock up intermittently. Dell claims they don't support operating systems installed by the end user. Here is a link to a very active Dell forum with hundreds of angry Linux customers upset because Linux doesn't operate correctly on their new PC.
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/m essage?board.id=sw_other&message.id=54328&view=by_ date_ascending&page=1
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I have one of these machines. The Dell bios is still broken and won't run 64-bit Linux.
It should be known that although Dell claims these systems work with Linux, there is a BIOS bug that causes USB (keyboard and mouse) to lock up intermittently. Dell claims they don't support operating systems installed by the end user. Here is a link to a very active Dell forum with hundreds of angry Linux customers upset because Linux doesn't operate correctly on their new PC. http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/m essage?board.id=sw_other&message.id=54328&view=by_ date_ascending&page=1