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A whole lot of initial feedback
Since we announced project Sputnik on May 7, we have been deluged with comments and suggestions both on my blog and the Sputnik Storm session and while there were plenty of people who said they would buy it now if it was available, we also received some clear direction on where people would like to see this offering go. Some of the key areas for improving the offering are:
- Multi gesture support for the touch pad
- Screen resolution
- More memory (8GB+)
- Matte screen
- Pricing: don’t make it more expensive than Windows
We are making note of these suggestions as we plot our way through this six month pilot.
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Beacon11
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December 2nd, 2012 02:00
Quitetall, it sounds as if you may not have the Sputnik PPAs enabled. Could that be the case?
quitetall
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December 2nd, 2012 03:00
Just checked, and yes they are both showing as available.
Is there anything else I can check / try?
quitetall
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December 2nd, 2012 16:00
huh, and a bit later Update Manager found some updates.
And a restart later now brightness controls are working find
L. J.
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April 16th, 2013 14:00
Is there a chance that the sputnik project will be extended to the XPS12?
I run the latest build of 13.04 on my XPS12 and expect two thinks everything is working perfectly (probable because the XPS13 has very similar hardware I guess).
However the first annoying think is the backlight being turned to brightness level 0 on every startup (backlight is turned of, but can be adjusted with the buttons).
The second one affects the touchscreen - after some time (seconds to several minutes) I'm not able to do a primary click with the touchscreen on the desktop/launcher/dash and in nearly all program-windows. Curiously, gestures still work as well as onboard and even in nautilus I can open a file (but not access the menu in the dash), even scrolling through a pdf in evince still works. Logging out and in again restores the functionality for a short moment. I can't say what may cause this behavior, my only knowledge is that there had been a missing touch-end event reported on launchpad, but in this case there seems to be a touch-end signal at least for some time/touches.
It would be really great if you professionals could take a look on this issue.
Thanks in advance
DELL-Barton George
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April 25th, 2013 12:00
Hi L.J.
There's always a possibility but no plans yet to expand to the XPS12
Thanks
L. J.
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April 25th, 2013 15:00
Hello Barton George,
thanks for your answer.
In my opinion the XPS12 is the best choice on the market of convertible devices (I don't like the Yoga's keyboard and the Twist has a low screen resolution).
The XPS12 runs fine with Linux just the touchscreen is annoying. There are more people like me, who would like to use Linux on it and hope for a workaround for the touchscreen. I suppose a little reset-script would help.
So please consider expanding the project or just providing some workarounds.
best regards
L.J.
Ejdesgaard
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June 3rd, 2013 07:00
I just got my xps13 (L322X) last Friday.
My first impressions are:
Pro's
Con's
Overall I would give it a score of 7-8 of 10, because most of the stuff under Con's are minor.
DELL-Barton George
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June 4th, 2013 14:00
Thanks @Ejdesgaard for the feedback!
cfpsolutions
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July 9th, 2013 07:00
Pros
boylenssen
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July 22nd, 2013 13:00
I have a question that I cannot see answered anywhere:
how is the multitouch gestures while browser the internet? Can you swipe left/right to go to previous/next page? Is it possible to pinch-to-zoom?
I am looking into these things before ordering the machine...I want a system which works perfectly on Ubuntu without the hassle with drivers!
frapontillo
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August 20th, 2013 09:00
So, after a couple of weeks, my 2 cents:
PROS
MEH
CONS
Unfortunately, due to cons 2-3-4, I am going to return the laptop to Dell tomorrow; I have to say I'm pretty sad about this, I had very high expectations that were not matched by the device (or maybe by the BIOS firmware/driver on it???). I was hoping to get a laptop that "just worked" with Ubuntu, and didn't get it.
I will stay tuned for what I hope will be the next revisions of the XPS 13 and, generally speaking, the Sputnik Project. Developers like me really need powerful machines freed by the Windows bloatware and ecosystem.
DELL-Barton George
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August 23rd, 2013 15:00
@FRAPONTILLO Im very sorry for your negative experience. With regards to #4 above, did you upgrade your kernel to the 3.5 kernel?
frapontillo
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August 23rd, 2013 17:00
No, I did not update anything beyond the standard LTS release, in the hope of better performance and with fear I'd fix some things and break some more. Do you think upgrading the kernel alone would have solved it?
DELL-Jared D
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August 28th, 2013 13:00
frapontillo: Yes, there are some stability issues with Intel graphics on newer systems if you're using an older Linux kernel. There are notable stability improvements with the 3.5 and 3.8 kernels available to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users (and of course later releases).
DELL-Jared D
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August 28th, 2013 13:00
Oh, I should add. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS users can get these newer kernels using the linux-generic-lts-quantal or linux-generic-lts-raring packages.