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A Project Sputnik laptop from Dell with Ubuntu pre-loaded is a safe bet. I'd personally opt for an XPS 13" Developer Edition, even if I were going to load anoth

A Project Sputnik laptop from Dell with Ubuntu pre-loaded is a safe bet. I'd personally opt for an XPS 13" Developer Edition, even if I were going to load another distro like Arch Linux. Project Sputnik's objective is to ensure Linux compatibility, which involves picking components that are compatible out of the box, and submitting upstream patches for those that aren't. It does help that it's also the laptop that Linus is using: https://www.cio.com/article/3119876/linux/linus-torvalds-picks-dell-xps-13-as-his-next-laptop.html https://www.cio.com/article/3119876/linux/linus-torvalds-pic...

ortuna 8y ago
Have a Dell XPS 13 (2018) edition, NixOS w/ minimal gnome install works like a charm! NixOS config: https://gist.github.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683ddd848f485bf00 https://gist.github.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683ddd848f485b...
- cbartowski 8y ago
  Same laptop here. I've noticed the laptop drains battery when its suspended which is pretty annoying because I sometimes go a couple of days without using it. Have you run into that? I haven't had any luck getting suspend to disk to work.
  - ortuna 8y ago
    It does drain, maybe 2%/hr but I thought that was normal? That's what I expect to get on a Mac. I did have to `echo XHC > /proc/acpi/wakeup` because I would shut the lid, but something on the USB bus kept turning it back on.
nerdwaller 8y ago
I was turned off of these due to the reported coil whine[0], any owners know if the newest batches still have that issue? [0] https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/New-Kaby-Lake-XPS-13-coil-whine/td-p/5088148/page/30 https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/New-K...
- ortuna 8y ago
  none for me on the 2018 model. Pretty much love it. I did have the older one 2 models ago, which did have the whine, but I bought it at a discount because of that.

ortuna 8y ago

Have a Dell XPS 13 (2018) edition, NixOS w/ minimal gnome install works like a charm! NixOS config: https://gist.github.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683ddd848f485bf00 https://gist.github.com/Ortuna/b6e95d6baefd2a1683ddd848f485b...

cbartowski 8y ago
Same laptop here. I've noticed the laptop drains battery when its suspended which is pretty annoying because I sometimes go a couple of days without using it. Have you run into that? I haven't had any luck getting suspend to disk to work.
- ortuna 8y ago
  It does drain, maybe 2%/hr but I thought that was normal? That's what I expect to get on a Mac. I did have to `echo XHC > /proc/acpi/wakeup` because I would shut the lid, but something on the USB bus kept turning it back on.

nerdwaller 8y ago

I was turned off of these due to the reported coil whine[0], any owners know if the newest batches still have that issue? [0] https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/New-Kaby-Lake-XPS-13-coil-whine/td-p/5088148/page/30 https://www.dell.com/community/Linux-Developer-Systems/New-K...

ortuna 8y ago
none for me on the 2018 model. Pretty much love it. I did have the older one 2 models ago, which did have the whine, but I bought it at a discount because of that.