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I've got a new laptop, Dell Inspiron 3505 with AMD Ryzen 5 3500u with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.10GHz quad-core, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 pre-installed.

I want to install the latest Ubuntu distro as a dual boot alongside Windows 10.

I've been looking at the following guide on how to do it:

How to Install Ubuntu and Windows 8 or 10 as a Dual Boot on your Dell PC

however, the Inspiron 3505 isn't listed as certified compatible with Ubuntu, either on the Ubuntu website Ubuntu certified hardware

or on the Dell website Supported Operating Systems​ Your Inspiron 3505 supports these operating systems:

Does this mean that the hardware on my laptop will be incompatible with an install of Ubuntu? Or is there a way around it?

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, I am a relative beginner with Linux distros and don't understand all that much about hardware compatibility with operating systems. I've previously used Raspbian on a Raspberry Pi 4B which I was using as a desktop computer and I liked using a Linux based OS, I found it a lot more smooth than Windows and I learned some command line basics and programming in Python. Also I like the open source ethos of Linux.

However, I'm stuck with this hardware compatibility issue on my laptop. I'd like to install Ubuntu as a dual boot alongside Windows 10 (which I don't like) but I need to know whether it can be done on this model of Dell Inspiron, or whether I should return it and get a more compatible one.

I didn't check the Ubuntu compatibility of the model before I bought it, I'd read somewhere that Dell Inspiron were good laptops for Ubuntu and just assumed that all of the different models would be OK, which was a bit daft of me.

Any advice and help would be gratefully received, thank you. :)

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  • You would have to try it. Your laptop is set up with UEFI, Secure Boot, TPM2, and a new generation CPU to run Windows 11. Make a recovery USB before you get set up and try installing Ubuntu. Your main drive is really tiny so consider that as well.
    – John
    Sep 17, 2021 at 11:13
  • OK thanks John I'll make a recovery USB and give it a go
    – Mr Pug
    Sep 17, 2021 at 12:12

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For Above issue You can use dual Boot Option . below are the process which help you to resolve the issue.

  1. prerequisite: rufus (https://rufus.ie/en/) which is use for making bootable usb iso , Ubuntu ios (https://ubuntu.com/download)
  2. Restart the computer and press F12
  3. install side by side with window .
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