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Dell Doubles Down On High-End Ubuntu Linux Laptops (zdnet.com)
Dell became the first major OEM to offer a laptop with Linux pre-installed in it in 2007. Ten years later, the company says it is more committed than ever to offering Linux-powered machines to users. From a report on ZDNet: The best known of these is the Dell XPS 13 developer edition, but it's not the only Linux laptop Dell offers. In a blog post, Barton George, senior principal engineer at Dell's Office of the CTO, announced "the next generation of our Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstation line." All of these systems boast Ubuntu 16.04 long-term support (LTS), 7th generation Intel Core or Intel Xeon processors, and Thunderbolt 3, AKA 40 Gigabit per second (Gbps) USB-C, ports. As the Xeon processor option shows, these are top-of-the-line laptops for professionals. It took longer than expected for Dell to get this new set of five Ubuntu-powered Precision mobile workstations out the door. The Precision 5520 and 3520 are now available. The 3520, the entry-level workstation, starts with an Intel Core 2.5GHz i5-7300HQ Quad Core processor with Intel HD Graphics 630. From there, you can upgrade it all the way to an Intel Core Xeon 3 GHz E3-1505M v6 processor with Nvidia Quadro M62 graphics.
Couldn't agree more. Notebooks are always a proprietary mess, and just because someone could install linux on one doesn't mean the experience would be a positive one. I actually have an XPS-13 running Windows 10 and still think it would be a nightmare trying to switch to Ubuntu as the main OS. I do, however, run Debian inside a VM. I have started to view Windows as the "cloud OS of uncertainty", while Linux/BSD derivatives are deterministic little walled gardens to be run only virtually.
Thereby achieving the perfect combination of the rock solid stability of Windows with the wide range of legacy software and games on Linux. Hang on...
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