Here's how I got Ubuntu 18.04 working on the Dell "New XPS" 9570 with the i9-8950HK. Note that I only used this to setup Linux-only machines. Good luck!
- Change SATA Operation from RAID to AHCI (this probably messed with Windows, but I don't use Windows on this machine)
- Disable secure boot (we'll be using an unsigned kernel. you can sign it etc yourself if you want; good luck)
- Disable microphone (optional)
- Disable webcam (optional)
- When you get the GRUB menu, press "e" on the entry you'd like to boot and add
nomodeset
to the linux cmdline (before the---
if there is one I guess?). Press Ctrl-x to continue boot. - Interact with the installer to completion. After reboot, mash shift to make sure the grub menu comes up.
- Repeat step 1.
- Edit
/etc/default/grub
and addi915.alpha_support=1
toGRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT
- Install a recent kernel from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/?C=N;O=D. you'll need both
linux-headers
packages,linux-image-unsigned
,linux-modules
. I recommend getting the generic one, not lowlatency, but it's up to you.
Boom! This doesn't deal with the nvidia graphics, but this should get you a reasonably stable experience using just the Intel GPU.
I experienced some flickers after following your tutorial. I needed to update the Kernel up to version 4.17 in order to get Ubuntu run properly.
After that, I proceeded with Nvidia driver installation to enable the GTX1050Ti.