Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Installation and Setup on Dell Systems

Installation video covering installation and setup of Ubuntu on a Dell XPS 8960 Desktop and Dell Latitude 9420 (2 in 1) Convertible Laptop/Tablet with a WD19TB Thunderbolt Dock equipped with a 13th and 11th Generation Intel Processor Respectively. These systems have a Dell UEFI BIOS manufactured by American MegaTrends used on Home Models and
Phoenix used on Business Models respectively. For both variants I examine how to update the UEFI BIOS to the latest version, which should alleviate Boot Issues with Linux and examine the UEFI BIOS Setup. In the BIOS Setup I change the Storage Controller Operation to NVMe/AHCI (where each internal drive acts independently) from RAID (which groups internal drives alongside Intel processor technologies into an Intel VMD). The Intel VMD requires an Intel VMD Linux Kernel Driver which is not available and therefore the drives must be used independently. I also look at Data Wipe. I also look at creating a Bootable USB on both Windows and Linux and go through the install. I also cover installation of the NVIDIA 555 driver (this should now be installed automatically) and attempt to install the IPU6 Intel Webcam Driver (but don't have success here). I look at a number of useful applications and extensions. I also have a look at using a 2 in 1 Touchscreen Device and Thunderbolt Dock. This video should be applicable to most Dell systems with a UEFI SMBIOS of 3.0 or newer (6th Generation Intel Processor or Newer, Manufactured Post Late 2015).

0:03:57 System Information (Windows)
0:04:31 Preparing Dell UEFI BIOS Update USB (Windows)
0:06:28 System Information (Ubuntu)
0:06:44 Preparing Dell BIOS Update USB (Ubuntu)
0:08:40 Dell UEFI BIOS Update USB (American MegaTrends Home)
0:10:02 Dell UEFI BIOS Update USB (Phoenix Business)
0:11:04 Create Bootable USB (Windows)
0:13:25 Create Bootable USB (Ubuntu)
0:15:35 Dell UEFI BIOS Setup + Data Wipe (American MegaTrends Home)
0:18:23 Dell UEFI BIOS Setup + Data Wipe (Phoenix Business)
0:22:28 Boot from USB (American MegaTrends Home)
0:22:39 Boot from USB (Phoenix Business)
0:22:48 Install Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
0:27:25 Software Update
0:28:04 Firmware and Linux Vendor Firmware Service
0:30:28 GNOME Screenshot and Screencast
0:31:12 OnlyOffice Desktop Editors
0:32:24 Drawing + JSPaint
0:38:25 VLC Player
0:34:15 Chromium and Chrome
0:35:12 Intel (Wayland)
0:35:35 Fractional Scaling
0:36:04 Multiple Monitors and Docking Stations
0:41:52 NVIDIA (X11)
0:42:38 NVIDIA (Wayland) – 535 Driver
0:43:15 NVIDIA (Wayland) – 555 Driver
0:38:40 Touchscreen Keyboard
0:36:56 Device Autorotation
0:39:33 Chromium
0:39:48 Chromium Canary (Text Input V3 Protocol)
0:51:38 Intel Webcam
0:55:26 GNOME Tweaks
0:56:05 GNOME Extensions
0:58:33 Tiling Shell
1:00:00 Clipboard History
1:00:50 Emoji Copy
1:01:25 Show Desktop Button
1:01:38 Screen Rotation

NVIDIA Setup Guide:

OZone Chromium Text Input V3:

Intel IPU6 Drivers Issues:

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IPU6 & Kernel 6.10x --- Well, Youtube deleted my original comment. Let's try again...

I've been running a combination of Ubuntu 24.04, 24.10, & LM 22 for several months on a 2024 version of the Dell XPS 9340. The webcam does work.

There are 3 methods to achieve this goal. OP chose the easiest by using the Intel IPU6 drivers with the Canonical "-oem" kernel and the appropriate userland components (eg. icamera, v4l2, etc). Per the installation docs, CHEESE is NOT supported. The Camera app will work if you configure it properly. VLC also works as do the WebcamTests & Mozilla gUM webcam test sites.

Also, the 6.10.x kernel contains the IPU6 drivers. You can load 6.10.x into Ubuntu 24.04 or 24.10. However, you still have to load the userland components.

Good luck