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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.
The year of the Linux Laptop (tm).
Dell XPS 13 developer edition, Ubuntu, i7 processor, 16BM almost $1900. Yikes.
I've always said English was my second language. Had Romeo and Juliet been written in C, I might have understood it.
It's $100 cheaper than the Windows version of the same laptop.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
When I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my current Dell Latitude, I had zero problems, everything worked right "out of the box".. including the wifi AND that wifi was a Broadcom, which I recall a few years ago used to be a serious pain in the ass to get working on Linux... Not the case anymore...
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)