Getting the new Dell Working...

Lovely computer, but would prefer if it had worked out of the box!!

Flickering screen on batteries is fixed by switching off Display Power Saving Technology on Intel HD Graphics Control Panel (see thread here).

Then the laptop not coming out of sleep is ironically, the Intel Rapid Start Technology. This needs to be switched off...!

Source Code Pro...

Currently enjoying the Source Code Pro font, which can be downloaded from here: the OTF version is the newest font type...

Note to stop xterm opening with cygwinx, type touch ~/.startxwinrc in the bash terminal. See here