New XPS 13 + Sputnik?

Hi Decca,

thanks for the praise.  I promise Linux is not an afterthought :)  Unfortunately a few things cropped up last minute which we have been wrestling with.  Keep the faith :)

thanks!

Barton

Thanks for the support! We're hoping a few weeks, fingers crossed :)

I apologize if I missed the answer, but will there be any hardware differences between the Windows version and the Sputnik?

+1

It is great to provide the Ubuntu option to customers. I really appreciate that.

Good luck for the last fixes and best regards from France.

Hello Barton I just purchased a  Dell XPS 13ULT-7144sLV 13.3-Inch Touchscreen Laptop off Amazon. What ISO do you suggest as my operating system? I will not be dual booting. Please provide link if possible. Thank you for your help

I'm also interested if will be any hardware differences between windows and ubuntu versions. I would buy the windows version now and dual-boot with ubuntu after your release.

I need to know this too, as I can't hold off purchasing a new laptop any longer. I'd like to get the Dell XPS 13 but need to know if I can put Linux on it in a straightforward manner once you guys have sorted through all the issues. Will the hardware change? Please let us know as soon as possible. 

Hi,

I would like to support linux by buying a xps 13 d.e.

However in order to do that I have to be sure that it comes with a matte display option.

If you could tell us this as soon ad possibile I could wait for it otherwise i am forced to purchase the win edition  as there is currently a promotion on it.

Thank you

The 1920x1080 FHD non-touch display is matte. The 3200x1800 QHD+ touch display option is glossy.

And will they  both be available for the developer edition ?

I got the Windoze version of XPS 13 9343 and promptly wiped Win8 and installed Ubuntu 15.04.

The A03 Bios update went one step further to smoothing things out. I haven't applied any special patches (yet) The Touchpad is still a bit jumpy and the mike is now recognized at least, but still not working. We are getting closer though.

An idea, why not set up a vote to see how many (like me) got the Windoze version but are running LInux. Perhaps that would carry some weight towards convincing Dell to invest more in Open Source. I bet we are many!

Cheers, Paul

I hope we can order the Full HD version with 512GB SSD in the future. Now you have to go QHD to get more storage.

Kudos to Dell for making a linux machine that's available worldwide for a change!

So excited! I'm truly looking forward to its release!

Just ordered the xps 13 9343, matte fhd, i5, 8gb, 256Gb SSD, with ubuntu preloaded. approx 66eur cheaper than the equivalent windows version.

The link was not straightforward to find:

www.dell.com/.../pd

(French website)