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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by bostand on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:01AM (#13530551)
1. Yes it's basically Ubuntu 14.04 minus the gui

2. How can you say you can't use Windows if you haven't used one since xp??

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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by benjaminl on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:10AM (#13530623)
Since it is basically Ubuntu 14.04, if you install an Windows X Server, you can have a GUI also.
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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by Longhanks on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:26AM (#13530749)
Though this is not supported (nor intended for the future), hacked into the system, very slow and full of bugs.
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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by bostand on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:31AM (#13530797)
What are you talking about?

Exactly what is the "hack" here?

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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by kminehart on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:40AM (#13530875)
You're running Windows running an X server running your Linux WM to run your linux apps.

It's not a hack per se, but there's definitely more to the equation, and thus a lot more room for error.

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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by sigjuice on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @09:59AM (#13531022)
Can you be more specific on what errors? I'm sure there are several good X servers that available for Windows. The arrangement of running X clients that talk to a remote X server is pretty standard.
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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by dcdevito on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:47AM (#13531509)
I use VcXsrv and it works fine. I edited my bashrc file so now when I open bash I can run any Linux GUI app I want. Piece of cake, runs great and stable, no issues.
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Re:XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350 by bostand on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:54AM (#13531568)
app -> x server -> display -> your eyes

How is this different from native Linux?

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