After much consideration I have finally decided to buy Dell 7566 - a Skylake 6700hq version (a successor of 7559 model).
I am running Debian testing (Stretch) with kernel 4.8.0.2 with nouveau driver. After testing it for while I can now confidently say that in this configuration the 7566 model is not plagued by the fan issue - out of the box, lm-sensors show CPU operating temperature between 35 and 45 C with 0 RPM for fans on normal "office" workload. Fans only kick in when CPU temp exceeds 60 C and stop almost immediately once temperature drops below 50 - 55 C. Originally I suspected CPU fan sensor was not working correctly as it was constantly showing 0 rpm. I had to actually run some Android studio application build which taxes CPU fairly, to get the fans running. They ran for about 1 minute between 1500 - 2500 rpm and stopped almost immediately after the build had finished. The battery life is about the same in Win10 and Linux - approximately 6 hours on normal workload. I even have the sleep function working out of the box and install works without any problems (with the safe boot turned off). I don't know if this helps anyone, but if there are any potential buyers around here seeking information, I believe it is safe to say that 7566 is a safe bet with Linux. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602888 Title: Dell Inspiron 7559 fans do not shut off once started, even when cool To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1602888/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
