But that's the state of the art using Linux with bleeding edge hardware. "Developer Edition" doesn't mean "built for developers", it means "fix your drivers yo

But that's the state of the art using Linux with bleeding edge hardware. "Developer Edition" doesn't mean "built for developers", it means "fix your drivers yourself". If Dell did their homework and ensured a silk smooth experience with Linux, the laptop would be priced higher and people would be upset that the Linux version is more expensive arguing that "Linux is free". So bad performance is a short-term compromise. If you don't want to join the effort to fix the drivers, or you can't wait some months until the community fixes the drivers, you should get an older model.