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The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, which has Ubuntu preinstalled, is as close to "Ubuntu Air" as it gets. Don't like it?
by dhoe 13y ago
The Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, which has Ubuntu preinstalled, is as close to "Ubuntu Air" as it gets. Don't like it?
- oftenwrong 13y agoI just went over to the XPS 13 site, and I found this amusing image: http://i.dell.com/sites/imagecontent/products/PublishingImages/xps-13-l321x-mlk/images/laptop-xps-13-MLK-love-pdp-module-2.jpg http://i.dell.com/sites/imagecontent/products/PublishingImag...
- pqs 13y agoThat could be an option. But, I once bought a Dell Mini 12 with Ubuntu pre-installed and it was a nightmare. It used a modified version of Ubuntu (with ad-hoc repositories hosted by Canonical) with an unstable binary blob. Therefore, not only it didn't work well, it wasn't upgradable! If I buy a XPS13, will I get stuck with Ubuntu 12.04 for life? Will Ubuntu test its new version (at least the LTS ones) with this machine? If I buy a Mac, I'll be sure that it is upgradable for a long time and that Apple will support it. Edited to add a link to my own account of the facts (2008): http://bits.quintanasegui.com/2008/12/30/dell-sells-ubuntu-boxes-that-cannot-run-ubuntu/ http://bits.quintanasegui.com/2008/12/30/dell-sells-ubuntu-b...
- pqs 13y agoBy the way, how about battery life? According to this article, it has 5h of battery life. http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/07/dell-xps-linux/ http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/07/dell-xps-linux/ This is half of the battery life of a Macbook Air! If they sold a similar laptop with a Haswell processor ...