The blank lid is actually pretty cool. That being said, this doesn't look like the killer machine that will finally make 2017 the year of Linux on the desktop.

The blank lid is actually pretty cool. That being said, this doesn't look like the killer machine that will finally make 2017 the year of Linux on the desktop. It's a little too bland and unsexy. It seems as though the average user would be better off with the Ubuntu-pre-installed version of the XPS 13.