<div dir="ltr">Dear Xavi,<div><br></div><div>I've had issues installing Linux distros on Dell machines previously, particularly on the higher end desktop servers, which seem to have some annoying chipsets. For Ubuntu, I found that using the Dell specific Ubuntu release (with their built in kernel drivers) helped - <a href="http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/precise/12.04-OSP1/dell-12.04.2_20130822_0809.iso">http://linux.dell.com/files/ubuntu/precise/12.04-OSP1/dell-12.04.2_20130822_0809.iso</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Ubuntu it should all be compatible <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201405-15064/">http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201405-15064/</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Once thats installed you could then try upgrading to 14.04 and installing BioLinux 8 by following the guide "Upgrading Bio-Linux 7 (or Ubuntu) to Bio-Linux 8" guide here <a href="http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux-installation/">http://environmentalomics.org/bio-linux-installation/</a>?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">---</div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dr. Stephen Moss</b><br>e: <a href="mailto:gawbul@gmail.com" target="_blank">gawbul@gmail.com</a><br>www: <a href="https://gawbul.github.io" target="_blank">https://gawbul.github.io</a></font><br></div></div>
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