Does ThinkPad X/T have something similar? On their website the only option is Windows.
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
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Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#22I seriously hope Dell finally found a way to make more solid laptops because half of the ~30 XPS laptops I've seen around me needed to be send back because of issues with the device freezing or with the display. I started out in November last year with an XPS and after multiple freezes I requested an repair that would take my laptop out for multiple weeks. Having seen my previous company send multiple laptops back mu…
I bought a Dell XPS 13 (same model in article, 9300) a couple of months ago, and installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it myself.
It works great. No coil whine, and I haven't heard anyone complaining about coil whine with this year's model.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#23Dang I really hope they do the same with the new xps 15 and 17... But there's probably no market for this aside from me specifically T_T
I’ve been hoping for this too. So there’s at least two of us.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#24Link to 32GB version: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo...
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#25I just got the 32 GB version! My top complaint after rocking the Ubuntu 13 laptop for the last 4 years was lack of 32 GB option. (Other people complain about the webcam, but I hardly use it).
Overall has been a great platform.
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#26What’s the story with full disk encryption on Ubuntu these days? Last time I checked (a while ago) it was a bit clunky, but now I’m considering a Linux desktop after 10 yrs of macOS and filevault, so checking my options. Thanks!
It's click-and-go, unless you want to manually set up different partitions for home, root, etc.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#27I seriously hope Dell finally found a way to make more solid laptops because half of the ~30 XPS laptops I've seen around me needed to be send back because of issues with the device freezing or with the display. I started out in November last year with an XPS and after multiple freezes I requested an repair that would take my laptop out for multiple weeks. Having seen my previous company send multiple laptops back mu…
We have bought 7 or 8 for my startup in the past 4 years. Only one failure that happened at like month 3. Seems at least average reliability?
In the same time we have had 2 of 4 appple laptops need a new motherboard / some drastic problem
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#28$1099 for a laptop with only 8G RAM, 256G SSD, 4 slow intel cores and 1080p LCD? you get far better specs for a phone in 2020 for that kind of $.
Only one of them would allow you to be productive. A big case, screen, keyboard, etc all adds up.
You're overestimating the performance of phone CPUs and storage too.
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#29Great that Dell is supporting their Laptops with Ubuntu and Linux. I like the developer experience of Linux. Most things work as they should out of the box and the system is stable. Plus it feels like the right thing to use open source software where you can contribute back if you want.
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#30Good to see this because it means demand for new Linux laptops is still here (or even growing) but why wouldn’t someone go for a System76 laptop instead that comes with custom, FOSS firmware too?
For one, S76 is not shipping icelake. Second, s76 = clevo + coreboot. Not everyone cares about that. Dell/Lenovo have better hardware, support, etc.