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*Killer cards are a branding of Qualcomm Atheros. Their Linux drivers are open source and the firmware is now upstream. This is very interesting. I am glad th

by pavanky 10y ago

*Killer cards are a branding of Qualcomm Atheros. Their Linux drivers are open source and the firmware is now upstream. This is very interesting. I am glad they are trying to include as many open source drivers as possible! On a side note, Dell seems to be putting a bit of effort into this series. Do you guys think they are selling well enough for them to continue doing this or are they doing this as a hedge against Microsoft ?

georgyo 10y ago
I switched from a macbook to the previous model a year ago and put Arch on it. The machine is really really excellent. I recently walked in a cafe in NYC and saw 6 of them and two macbooks, which I was shocked at. So I hope Dell keeps it up. It's about time we had someone make decent laptops, besides apple, again. I was really missing the IBM Thinkpad series until these came along. Lenovo did not carry the torch well.
- pavanky 10y ago
  Nice! I have a developer version of the Dell precision series that is 2 generations old at this point. It has one of the best screens I have ever seen. > I recently walked in a cafe in NYC and saw 6 of them and two macbooks, which I was shocked at. Interesting! Is there any chance you caught what OS they were on (i.e. Linux vs Windows).
  - georgyo 10y ago
    I saw two people running ubuntu unity. But I didn't go around and check the rest.
    - pavanky 10y ago
      That is great to hear!
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smhg 10y ago
The Ubuntu XPS 13 has been on sale since early 2012. With 3 versions released in the last ~2 years. I guess, after almost 5 years, they are quite serious about it? Although the effort is shared with their Windows siblings.