iirc for kde it uses networkmanager
#Missing drivers ? (Dell Intel ultrabook)
narrow tartan
narrow tartan
nice
you might have to give qemu and spice-gtk the usbredir useflag
as for sound im unsure
you might have to install pipewire/pulseaudio
lethal wave
Install pipewire as a pulse daemon and you should be fine.
Are you using a custom kernel config or the dist kernel?
You can directly query ALSA stuff to test that sound works, but a sound server is highly recommended for day-to-day usage.
mental quiver
you need sof-firmware most likely. it might be out of date, in that case manually update the ebuild. Honestly I'd get rid of that dell.... I have a $2k xps developer edition that sits in a box because it's inferior to a $200 used laptop I use every day now.
sorry let me clarify, i had a xps 13 and it was pretty much useless as a laptop with linux - could eek out maybe 4.5 hours of real world use. And it would get really hot all the time indicating very poor cooling solution.
it's a nightmare to service too
lethal wave
I've had a good experience with XPS laptops on Linux, YMMV. If the hardware is well supported they can go pretty well.
mental quiver
Dell xps laptops don't seem to hold value like a Mac, so it might not sell an well as you are hoping. Maybe the xps will work great for ya too, that was just my 2cents :p
it might be a lovely machine for your own uses
lethal wave
Seems odd. I'd just use networkmanager to provide net personally. I don't use the old scripts, for good reason.
Since it seems to be bringing the wireless up... is it associating with an ssid? It's probably waiting for DHCP / DNS