How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik')
How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik')
The Dell XPS 13 is the best-known developer-focused, high-end Linux laptop. Here's how it got there.
Today, the Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux is easily the most well-known Linux laptop. Many users, especially developers -- including Linus Torvalds -- love it. As Torvalds recently said, "Normally, I wouldn't name names, but I'm making an exception for the XPS 13 just because I liked it so much that I also ended up buying one for my daughter when she went off to college."
So, how did Dell -- best known for good-quality, mass-produced PCs -- end up building top-of-the-line Ubuntu Linux laptops? Well, Barton George, Dell Technologies' Developer Community manager, shared the "Project Sputnik" story this week in a presentation at the popular Linux and open-source community show, All Things Open.
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I have an (old) developer xps13. Got it with Linux on it. Great device.
Main issue of mine was the wifi card. Awful. Everything else very nice.
Mine was Intel so it works well.
I had this issue when I bought my laptop with Ubuntu and tried to install Debian. Since I needed the laptop right away I kept Ubuntu that came installed that was running flawless till 4 months ago when I switched to Fedora