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I just wished that Canonical would sell an Ubuntu laptop. Not a namebrand laptop with Ubuntu installed in it, but a machine made for them exclusively. Then they
by bliti 13y ago
I just wished that Canonical would sell an Ubuntu laptop. Not a namebrand laptop with Ubuntu installed in it, but a machine made for them exclusively. Then they can integrate the OS to perfectly work with the machine. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
- mistercow 13y agoSystem76 is kind of like that. Obviously it isn't Canonical choosing hardware and tweaking software to match it, but they do make good choices to make sure everything works well. In my experience, it's not quite as seamless as a Mac, but it's damned close.
- willismichael 13y agoAgreed (posted using a System76 laptop)
- justin_vanw 13y agoUbuntu doesn't make an OS. The put their sticker on, just like how your local dealer doesn't make cars. Also, what does it mean integrate it to work perfectly? Don't say "like osx", because Apple makes the hardware and they make the OS, they aren't integrating them so much as building a single product from those pieces (hardware and software)
- daemonburrito 13y agoI second System76; I think it's exactly what you're looking for. I don't understand why Canonical doesn't have closer ties to them. System76 even maintains an apt repo for their machines. I've bought 3 machines from them so far; all worked perfectly out of the box.
- plumeria 13y agoI second this. I have a Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook with Project Sputnik and it is very buggy, specially the wireless connections. But I think this is, in part, fault of Dell's cheap components.
- wpietri 13y agoOther folks are mentioning vendors, so I thought I'd list one not to try. EmperorLinux claims to provide exactly that sort of tuning and support. At least for me, they were a nightmare.