Dell · 2024
Dell Latitude 5450 (2024)
A boring corporate 14-inch that does the boring thing well: Meteor Lake-U, slotted RAM, about 10 real hours, Linux fine after a sof-firmware and fingerprint nudge. The 250-nit panel is dim. Buy it for the keyboard and the battery, not the screen.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel Graphics (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (slotted) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1200 @ 60Hz |
| Weight | 1.37 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~10 h |
Linux compatibility
- ubuntu-lts Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- needs tweak
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- needs tweak
- Suspend
- works
- fedora Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- needs tweak
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- needs tweak
- Suspend
- works
ubuntu-lts: Meteor Lake-U (Core Ultra 7 165U), the low-power sibling of the 155H, so the same Intel story on kernel 6.8 or newer. Dell offers this line with Ubuntu pre-load on some Latitude SKUs, which is why the hardware is well behaved. The two catches are the usual ones: speaker audio can need a current sof-firmware, and the fingerprint reader varies by SKU (Goodix on most, works with fprintd once the right firmware is present). 250-nit FHD+ panel is the corner cut. Dell: Linux support and Ubuntu-certified Latitude SKUs →
fedora: Fedora 40 or newer ships a recent enough kernel. Same sof-firmware and fingerprint caveats as Ubuntu. s2idle is solid on the U-series part.