[vfio-users] Laptop Feasibility Query - Dell XPS 15 9550

[Ethan Schoonover]

I'll query Dell. I'm never confident in the accuracy of answers that
meander out from the byzantine halls of customer support, so once the
units trickle out into customers hands perhaps I'll be able to get
some direct user confirmation of BIOS support one way or the other.

Wine: It handles Photoshop (marginally) but the other suite apps are
poorly supported (at least for the most recent releases of CS and CC).
I do a test install on wine at least twice a year to be sure... :/

Adobe does have a streaming version in the works (primarily aimed at
chromebook users). It's another option for the time being, but
suboptimal. I've tested it and while performance is ok, there are
still colorspace complexities.

Really looking forward to the time that I have a modern laptop running
linux and with PCS passthrough. Or the time that there are realistic,
native Linux alternatives to Adobe.

Best,
Ethan
Ethan Schoonover
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On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:35 PM,  <root at yoshi.dynu.com> wrote:
> since as far as i know passthrough capabilities must also be supported by
> the mainboard. Also it might be disabled in the bios with no option to turn
> it on due to crippled notebook-bios. i'd say: ask dell directly or get the
> notebook and try it out / return it if there is no way to get it to work...
>
> have you tried running the adobe programs with wine?
>
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