I brought an old XPS 1730 and tried using Ubuntu 14 and 13 on it with a live usb drive with persistence created via Universal USB installer, but I could not get it to work. It booted from the usb but afterwards with 14.04 the screen flashed though white, orange, green, etc colors for several minutes. With 13.04 it booted as well from usb but only a blank screen (no image at all).
I looked on the board and it seems that Dell computers seem to require some more work to run due to closed drivers required for some hardware. How do I get Ubuntu to run on a Dell XPS 1730?
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