How to install Arch Linux on Dell XPS 13 (2016) in 7 steps | Linux Today

How to install Arch Linux on Dell XPS 13 (2016) in 7 steps

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Swapnil Bhartiya
Jul 21, 2016

I love the Dell XPS 13 (2016) that Dell gave me on loan. But installing Arch Linux with UEFI enabled can be challenging for new users  especially since grub doesn’t work on this system with Arch Linux. I talked to a lot of people in the Arch community and resorted to using systemd-boot for successful install. Here’s how I got Arch Linux running on the Dell XPS 13 laptop.

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Swapnil Bhartiya

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