Hello OpenSUSE 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 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Fedora.
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 install OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on it? How was the installation process established – were there any issues, problem with the secure boot and BIOS, etc.? In addition, if someone is running Tumbleweed 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 OpenSUSE Tumbleweed? If the answer is yes – how did you perform it and were there any difficulties?
Thank you very much in advance! Cheers!