gnome is terrible comparing to macOS WM/DM. So many bugs and there is no way to tweak things like in mac. Please do me a favor and look about it before buying.
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
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. Lenovo doesn't sell linux laptops in the US on the open market. You may be able to buy one through the IT sales channel or in some other countries.
There was an announcement in April that they will "soon" be shipping some laptops with Fedora. https://fedoramagazine.org/coming-soon-fedora-on-lenovo-lapt...
Thanks for the link, hopefully it's available soon.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#73My current Dell XPS had the pretty common battery swelling problem but within months of purchase. On previous models they replaced it for free but they stopped doing that. So add a possible battery replacement to their list price if you still want a Dell. Based on my experience with customer support and this battery issue this will be my last Dell. I'm looking at Lenovo for my next laptop.
If this happened within a year I would simply insist they replace the battery under warranty and highlight that there was no element of discretion about it. They would do it.
I did insist. I don't remember the details anymore because it was a couple of years ago. I would have taken them to small claims court over it if I had been in the US but I was overseas long term. Either way, they have lost a customer who has bought many of their laptops over the decades. Over a $100 battery that clearly had a manufacturing defect.
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#74I 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
> need a new motherboard / some drastic problem
Only because apple won’t do simple repairs. Eg, blwn capacitor worth 40 cent? New motherboard worth hundreds! [1] Of course, to the end user, the effect is the same...
[1] https://youtu.be/o2_SZ4tfLns and https://youtu.be/K1A9y4S60kg for just two examples
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#75Looks like it comes with Killer WiFi. Pretty questionable choice there.
My laptop has Killer WiFi. I know nothing about it. Why is that a questionable choice?
My laptop as well, it has the worst wireless connectivity of all of my devices and it just doesn’t come up on book or wake from sleep. I noticed the brand in the spec, but figured it probably didn’t matter. It turns out that it became the thing I hate about the machine, and later found they have a hate club on the Internet. I wouldn’t buy another machine with their wireless. Chip was:
Killer Wireless-AC 1535 (802.11ac)
I just learned that Intel bought Rivet, maker of Killer wifi: https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/intel-acquisition-may-...
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#76Looks like it comes with Killer WiFi. Pretty questionable choice there.
My laptop has Killer WiFi. I know nothing about it. Why is that a questionable choice?
Killer is often criticized for not adding much to a laptop beyond some extra cost. The benefit Killer touts is prioritizing latency-sensitive traffic, e.g. for games. I haven't used one and can't say how effective they are, but suspect it is true that for most people, the difference wouldn't be perceptible. The software might be more efficient, but it isn't going to make the radio waves travel any quicker.
But I haven't heard about reliability issues, and as long as that's the case the worst outcome is paying a couple extra bucks for a fancy WiFi card with no difference/a small enough difference you can't notice it.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#77I applaud the change to a 16:10 screen (the ratio used in all Apple laptops and sadly few others for years). The extra vertical space for the same area is very welcome; 16:9 feels very cramped at laptop sizes once you add a few menu bars and headers and banners. I hope more laptop manufacturers decide to go this direction.
Agreed. And Id prefer they return to 5x4 for all tablets and tablet PCs. I had a tablet PC back in 04 that was a 5x4 ratio Toshiba R10 and it was marvelous. I ran Linux on it! 16 years ago!
No half measures! let's go 1:1 baby.
Re: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS pre-installed
#78I ordered my XPS 13 last night, it's not the developer edition, but I plan on pulling the 128gb ssd and replacing it with a 512 anyway, and at that time will convert it to Ubuntu 20.04. I can't wait!
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#79I had considered buying the 15 inch XPS to replace my Thinkpad X1C (6th gen). I really need 32 Gigs to run kubernetes and compile GraalVM images locally. But the latest XPS 15 has the RAM soldered to the board. This means if I want 32 Gigs, I have to pony up the premium price. They do have a Precision that is basically the same specs that DOES allow upgrading the RAM. The biggest problem is, Dell's website has the option to remove Windows and add Ubuntu... but you can't add it to the cart. It complains that McAffe won't fun on my OS of choice... and I can't remove McAffe! That pretty much stopped me right there.
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#80Doesn't look too bad. The page mentioned that: 10th generation Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors and up to 32 gigabytes of RAM But on the product page, we can only get either 8 or 16 GB of memory. Do you know if it's possible to buy these with 32GB of RAM from Dell?
Dell has a strange website. Last time I was looking for a model with lots of RAM it took me ages until I understood how to get to the part that lets me configure it freely.
I agree, they used to have a configuration page where you built up your PC,now you get to scan through what they offer as canned configurations. I totally dislike it, especially since they have different sections and you have to go to each a scan for the config your looking for (and the price of course).