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This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

by jkot 12y ago

dabeeeenster 12y ago
14.04 is almost a year old?
- rootbear 12y ago
  It is the most recent Long Term Support release and will be supported into 2019. I expect that is why they are shipping that version.
- alexmunroe 12y ago
  14.04 is the LTS release, most corporate environments using Ubuntu that I've encountered jump between the LTS releases due to the five year support cycle. Being that a fairly large portion of the Dell's customer base it does make sense.
- 72deluxe 12y ago
  The LTS one is the one to install if you want a system to use and do stuff with for an extended period of time. I don't miss the days of reinstalling the bleeding edge version of Fedora every so many months, only to find that they'd changed things and that the GNOME preferences in $HOME no longer worked or meant anything etc. How do others cope with the incessant wheels or progress/reinvention?
listic 12y ago
How does 'official support' for Ubuntu look like?
- zanny 12y ago
  http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-lapt...
  - listic 12y ago
    Nice. I wish ThinkPads had that. I'm ok with the way Ubuntu works on my old X200s, but I'm uncertain about the device support for latest ThinkPad models. Do you know of similar official support for Ubuntu in other decent laptops? EDIT: Oh wow, ThinkPad X240s and X250, along with many other models, are certified. http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?query=&category=Laptop&release=&level=Any&vendors=Lenovo http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?query=&c... I wonder how am I supposed to use fingerprint scanner on my laptop?
    - zanny 12y ago
      https://system76.com/laptops https://system76.com/laptops I have a Galago Ultrapro personally, but if the XPS 13 2016 is any good (and they don't jump the shark like Lenovo is, what with the Intel bootguard DRM bullshit - hell if they put coreboot on any model XPS notebook I'd be all over it instantly like butter on toast).
      - CalRobert 12y ago
        What do you think about it? I had an UltraPro for one day and returned it because the keyboard was so bad as to be essentially broken. The case was also about as solid as a warm stick of butter. Their support also tried to convince me I was typing improperly which broke any trust I had with them; it's a well-documented issue they eventually confessed to knowing about and ignoring.
        zanny 12y ago
        I did a lot of research in advance, I think I have a third gen keyboard on it. They must have added a backplate or something because its pretty solid. I won't lie that the display is flimsy as cardboard, though. I was torn between the Sputnik and it, either I get performance or I get build quality, and I figure whats a warranty good for if not to subsidize a better CPU inside.

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

by jkot 12y ago

This laptop will most likely get official support for Ubuntu 14.04.

dabeeeenster 12y ago

14.04 is almost a year old?

rootbear 12y ago
It is the most recent Long Term Support release and will be supported into 2019. I expect that is why they are shipping that version.
alexmunroe 12y ago
14.04 is the LTS release, most corporate environments using Ubuntu that I've encountered jump between the LTS releases due to the five year support cycle. Being that a fairly large portion of the Dell's customer base it does make sense.
72deluxe 12y ago
The LTS one is the one to install if you want a system to use and do stuff with for an extended period of time. I don't miss the days of reinstalling the bleeding edge version of Fedora every so many months, only to find that they'd changed things and that the GNOME preferences in $HOME no longer worked or meant anything etc. How do others cope with the incessant wheels or progress/reinvention?

listic 12y ago

How does 'official support' for Ubuntu look like?

zanny 12y ago
http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-laptop http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/campaigns/xps-linux-lapt...
- listic 12y ago
  Nice. I wish ThinkPads had that. I'm ok with the way Ubuntu works on my old X200s, but I'm uncertain about the device support for latest ThinkPad models. Do you know of similar official support for Ubuntu in other decent laptops? EDIT: Oh wow, ThinkPad X240s and X250, along with many other models, are certified. http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?query=&category=Laptop&release=&level=Any&vendors=Lenovo http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/models/?query=&c... I wonder how am I supposed to use fingerprint scanner on my laptop?
  - zanny 12y ago
    https://system76.com/laptops https://system76.com/laptops I have a Galago Ultrapro personally, but if the XPS 13 2016 is any good (and they don't jump the shark like Lenovo is, what with the Intel bootguard DRM bullshit - hell if they put coreboot on any model XPS notebook I'd be all over it instantly like butter on toast).
    - CalRobert 12y ago
      What do you think about it? I had an UltraPro for one day and returned it because the keyboard was so bad as to be essentially broken. The case was also about as solid as a warm stick of butter. Their support also tried to convince me I was typing improperly which broke any trust I had with them; it's a well-documented issue they eventually confessed to knowing about and ignoring.
      - zanny 12y ago
        I did a lot of research in advance, I think I have a third gen keyboard on it. They must have added a backplate or something because its pretty solid. I won't lie that the display is flimsy as cardboard, though. I was torn between the Sputnik and it, either I get performance or I get build quality, and I figure whats a warranty good for if not to subsidize a better CPU inside.