Laptop
Dell Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1
Introduction
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Taken from Dell website about Dell Inspiron 14 7425 2-in-1 Overview
Specification
- Manufacturer Dell
- Processor AMD® Ryzen™ 7 5825U (20 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads)
- Chipset AMD CZ FCH
- Memory 32GB DDR 3200 MHz DDRAM4*
- Display 14", FHD+ 1920x1200, 60Hz, Touch, WVA, TrueLife™, Narrow Border, Pen Support
- Graphic AMD Radeon® Vega8 with 2GB DDR4 VRAM Built-in Ryzen 5825U
- Storage WD Blue SN570 2TB NVMe
- Card Reader 2 -in-1 card reader ( SD/ SDHC/ MMC)
- Camera 1080p at 30 fps, FHD camera Dual-array microphones
- Networking MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921 2x2 and Bluetooth 5.2
- Interface 2 USB 3.2 Type-C™ Gen 2 , 1 USB 3.1 Gen 1, 1 HDMI 1.4, 1 headphone/microphone combo
- Audio 1 headset (headphone and microphone combo) port and Stereo speakers with Realtek ALC3254-CG, 2 W x 2 = 4 W total
Linux compatibility as tested on Fedora 39 Design Suite
| Devices | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Yes | Works out of box. Detected as AMD Ryzen™ 7 5825U with Radeon™ Graphics × 16 |
| Display | Yes* | Tested on both Gnome Session and Gnome on Wayland (regression on Mutter 40+ due to upstream change) with Screen Rotate Extension . The screen auto-rotation is active since Linux kernel 5.12 |
| Storage | Yes | Works out of box |
| Graphics | Yes | Detected as AMD Radeon Graphics |
| HDMI port | Yes | Works out of box (tested on an external HD TV monitor) |
| Display port | Yes | Works out box |
| Sound | Yes | Works out of box |
| Microphone | Yes | Works out of box |
| Headphone+Microphone combo | Yes | Works out of box |
| Wireless | Yes | Works out of box |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Version 5.2 |
| USB | Yes | Works out of box |
| Card Reader | Yes | Works out box |
| Webcam | Yes* | Runs at 1080p 30 frames a second |
| Keyboard | Yes | Works out of box including the support of back-light. |
| Touchpad | Yes | Works out of box using macOS method adjustable to Windows style via Gnome Tweak. |
| Touchscreen + Stylus | Yes | Work out of box |
| Suspend/Resume | Yes | Works out box. |
==== Notes ====
- Memory is upgradable up to 32 GB RAM.
- '*' means customized
Linux Hardware report
Installation
Fedora supports secure boot enabled by default in the laptop so the process is streamlined. Dual boot with the pre-installed Windows 11 is simple by preserving the /boot/efi partition which includes the Dell SmartAssist to access UEFI. Fedora 39 allows the optional systemd-boot instead of GRUB2 for more minimalistic bootloader.
Touchscreen & Stylus
As tested on Fedora Linux 39 Design Suite, both touch screen and stylus input work out of box.
Orientation Sensors
This model has an AMD Fusion Sensor Hub listed as 04:00.7 Signal processing controller [1180]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Sensor Fusion Hub [1022:15e4] from lspci -nn output. The driver landed on Linux kernel 5.6.11 and received improvement on kernel 5.12 series.
Storage
This model comes with a 512 GB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD storage upgradeable.
Miscellaneous
This model comes with fingerprint authentication on top of power button fully supported out box. Suspend/Resume works smoothly.
Summary
- All test is done on an Design Suite 37 based on Fedora Workstation with nearly out-of-box experience.
- The battery usage is about 6 hours depending of the usage. Optimization on demand comes standard on Fedora 35 with the following options: Power Saver, Balanced and Performance.