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In this video, I cover the installation of Ubuntu 23.04 on a Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 Touchscreen Convertible Device with a WD19TB Thunderbolt Dock. In order for Ubuntu 23.04 to recognise the internal NVMe SSD, the Dell UEFI needs to be configured to use the AHCI SATA Operation as there is no Linux RAID Driver. A UEFI Boot with Secure Boot should also be enabled. Ubuntu 23.04 includes Linux Kernel 6.2, a modified GNOME 44 Desktop Environment and the Wayland Display Protocol. During installation the third-party drivers and multimedia codecs should be installed for maximum performance/usability. These are now all digitally signed to pass Secure Boot and there is therefore no need for a Machine Owner Key (MOK) like in previous versions.

Written tutorial:
https://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/ubuntu-23-04/

00:00 Creating a Bootable USB on Windows
01:58 Creating a Bootable USB on Ubuntu
02:35 UEFI Setup
05:47 Data Wipe
06:50 UEFI Update from USB
07:40 Booting from the Ubuntu Live USB
08:03 Ubuntu Installation
09:56 First Time Boot
11:09 Software Updater
11:42 Software & Update Settings
13:17 Settings
15:44 Software
16:15 OnlyOffice Desktop Editors
17:20 GNOME Screen Capture (1)
18:40 Image Manipulation Programs; GIMP, Drawing and KolourPaint (2)
19:45 GNOME Screen Recording (3)
20:08 Multimedia Codec Issue (4)
20:54 GNOME Screen Capture Playback (3)
21:04 KdenLive Video Editor
21:53 GNOME Extensions
22:44 GNOME Tweaks
23:45 Touchscreen Interface and Touch Keyboard Issue (5)
24:46 Firefox Touchscreen Issue (6)
27:34 Fractional Scaling Issue (7)
28:38 Device Rotation Issue (8)
29:34 Firefox Touchscreen xinput change (6)
30:00 Screen Rotate Extension (8)
31:28 Improved OSK Extension (5)
32:50 Docking and Multimonitor Setup (7)
35:38 Window Snapping (9)

Issues:

1. GNOME Screen Capture leaves wide borders on window snapshot.
2. Linux is a bit limited in this area. KolourPaint doesn't work on a high DPI monitor.
3. Mouse pointer is not recorded.
4. Codec missing error but video playback is okay. Install VLC if any issues.
5. Chromium not supported by latest touch input method. Installation of Improved OSK resolves some of the issues here.
6. The Snap package of FireFox also uses a legacy input method (mouse and keyboard) only by default. Open up a terminal and type in the following command:

echo export MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/use-xinput2.sh

Then reboot, this should give it the more modern input method which supports a touchscreen.
7. Unfortunately Canonical do not enable the setting, enable DPI scaling by default and enabling this setting on a single high DPI monitor to 200 % doesn't apply the setting properly, showing only the top left 1/4 of the screen obscuring the power menu in the top right 1/4. Press Ctrl, Alt and t to open the terminal, you may have to blindly input:

sudo reboot

followed by your password to blindly force a reboot.
8. Fixed with screen rotate extension.
9. The newer Wayland protocol has increased support for multiple monitors, allowing monitors of different sizes and different DPI resolutions to be used. GNOME Window snapping across multiple monitors is limited with ⊞+→ or ⊞+← or ⊞+↑ not being able to move a window from one monitor to another. GNOME could do with some additional features like snap layouts and tabbed browsing for multi-monitor setups. The gsnap and wintile extensions that are supposed to support this functionality have not yet been updated for GNOME 44.

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