Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Alienware 15 Laptop

[h45h3m1]

Hello,

I recently purchased an Alienware 15 laptop for work. The specifications of the laptop:

CPU: 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit English

Memory: 16GB DDR4 at 2400MHz

GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 – 78W

My work requires Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Our IT team was able to put this version of Ubuntu on the laptop (with Unity Desktop Environment), however it was not at all straight forward and the laptop runs very slow overall.

Does anyone have any experience/advice for installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on an Alienware 15 laptop? Are specific Desktop Environments better suited for this laptop?

Thanks!

[slickymaster]

Closed. Duplicate here (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2365953).

Please do not create duplicate threads, it dilutes the community’s efforts to provide support and causes confusion.