alienware-13-r3-ubuntu-16.04

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Hi, thanks a lot for this guide. I still had issues getting Ubuntu installed on my 13 R3 (installer refused to recognize my second m.2 drive), no matter what BIOS settings I picked, so I just want to mention that Pop OS from System76 works amazingly for me.

Literally all I did was turn off Secure Boot in the BIOS and turn on Legacy Boot Options (left everything else stock, including SATA/RAID settings) and clicked through the install wizard. It immediately recognized my second drive & allowed me to install to it.

Everything works out of the box: Nvidia video card, Suspend, all keyboard buttons, etc. One exception is brightness, but I'm using Redshift for that. Been running this setup for about a week now.

I know there are a ton of other Ubuntu flavors out there, but since most (none?) of them support Nvidia without a lot of jankiness, thought it worth mentioning. It's been amazing to have everything work this well, this easily...maybe it's worth a mention in the doc for others struggling through getting Ubuntu installed on their R3 :)