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The XPS is a Linux showcase laptop. I have run Fedora latest on this laptop (which installs like a breeze. ubuntu has problems with the latest NVME ssd). Gnome

The XPS is a Linux showcase laptop. I have run Fedora latest on this laptop (which installs like a breeze. ubuntu has problems with the latest NVME ssd). Gnome is the UX to beat in laptops now. Gnome is optimized for sheer developer productivity and looks very slick. Fedora with kernel 4.9+ is excellent. Everything just works on the XPS.

smcl 10y ago
Is that true across the board on the XPS line? I thought they used slightly different parts for the "Developer Edition" - intel instead of Broadcom wifi, off the top of my head. If it is true then I'm sold - I'm looking at picking up a Windows laptop in the next couple months and was thinking of grabbing a Surface Book if MS get another revision out soon. But if the XPS series is a first class citizen in Linux then that may clinch it since I'll have a nice fallback when I get sick of Windows :D
- jasonkostempski 10y ago
  I'd like to know this too. I see no mention of Linux in the article or the product page[1] (which ars doesn't seem to link to in the article, only link to other articles they've written about dell stuff, which seem like common practice these days. What happened to organic linking?) [1]http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9365-2-in-1-laptop/pd http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9365-2-in-1-laptop/...
  - sandGorgon 10y ago
    I have the non-developer version of the laptop. Imho the only thing that really differs is the network card. And in the XPS, you can replace your network card. Having said that , I have the non developer version and have had out of the box experience. In fact, it has been a long time since I saw network problems on any laptop for a long time. The biggest issues you will see are around secure boot and UEFI configuration. Dell has an excellent BIOS that takes care of this.

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The XPS is a Linux showcase laptop. I have run Fedora latest on this laptop (which installs like a breeze. ubuntu has problems with the latest NVME ssd). Gnome

by sandGorgon 10y ago

smcl 10y ago
Is that true across the board on the XPS line? I thought they used slightly different parts for the "Developer Edition" - intel instead of Broadcom wifi, off the top of my head. If it is true then I'm sold - I'm looking at picking up a Windows laptop in the next couple months and was thinking of grabbing a Surface Book if MS get another revision out soon. But if the XPS series is a first class citizen in Linux then that may clinch it since I'll have a nice fallback when I get sick of Windows :D
- jasonkostempski 10y ago
  I'd like to know this too. I see no mention of Linux in the article or the product page[1] (which ars doesn't seem to link to in the article, only link to other articles they've written about dell stuff, which seem like common practice these days. What happened to organic linking?) [1]http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9365-2-in-1-laptop/pd http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-9365-2-in-1-laptop/...
  - sandGorgon 10y ago
    I have the non-developer version of the laptop. Imho the only thing that really differs is the network card. And in the XPS, you can replace your network card. Having said that , I have the non developer version and have had out of the box experience. In fact, it has been a long time since I saw network problems on any laptop for a long time. The biggest issues you will see are around secure boot and UEFI configuration. Dell has an excellent BIOS that takes care of this.