casual contributions and Github

Posted Feb 5, 2013 23:21 UTC (Tue) by achiang (guest, #47297)
In reply to: casual contributions and Github by zlynx
Parent article: LCA: The future of the Linux desktop

http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/xps-13-linux/pd.aspx

Top of the line Dell with Ubuntu pre-loaded. Not very configurable, but not low-end either.

Disclaimer: I work for Canonical.

casual contributions and Github

Posted Feb 6, 2013 16:40 UTC (Wed) by ThinkRob (guest, #64513) [Link] (2 responses)

> Top of the line Dell with Ubuntu pre-loaded. Not very configurable, but not low-end either.

A 1366x768 TN panel is "top of the line"?

Oh dear.

This kinda supports the parent posters point about the Linux options tending to have poor hardware...

casual contributions and Github

Posted Feb 6, 2013 17:53 UTC (Wed) by achiang (guest, #47297) [Link] (1 responses)

Yeah, well, that's the best XPS13 you can get right now. And everything else about the config is quite nice. After having played with one for a bit, it's not as physically nice as a Mac Air, but compared to other laptop options out there, I would argue that an XPS13 *is* premium.

They announced a 1080p version at CES, not sure when it's shipping.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/06/dells-xps-13-getting-a...

casual contributions and Github

Posted Feb 20, 2013 22:06 UTC (Wed) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link]

I was rather disappointed by the original XPS13 (previous generation CPU & GPU compared to the rest of the market, low res display, etc.), but the new one seems to be a lot better (except it still doesn't allow any hardware customization).