Update on XPS 13/15 2016 Developer Edition availability

@bfsworks,

Thanks for your patience and support! 

Elax75,

thanks for the support! :-)

Any thoughts on whether the new XPS will be orderable in the US before the $100-off coupons expire this week? :emotion-5:

Is there any chance we could get an updated guide on how to get Linux running on the XPS 13 9350? Looks like quite some people are struggling with the problems related to wifi support, BIOS updates, SSD mode, safe boot... Personally I did not expect to encounter that many problems on a laptop whose previous version was actually shipped with Ubuntu preinstalled :) After a week of struggles to get everything working on this machine I updated the BIOS to the latest version and I am not able to boot Ubuntu anymore.... If you could share a bit of the knowledge you have built working on the Developer Edition it could be EXTREMELY HELPFUL :)

Jefish,

Stay tuned, we're hard at work :)

dthiery That's awesome to hear! I seem to remember you've said that the drivers are in a directory (possibly debs) on the system. As long as I have a copy hove those drivers can I do a fresh install of 15.10 (or 16.04 when it's released) and just install those drivers? Without having tested ourselves, that's hard to answer. The biggest issue is Type C support.

My 5510 was just delivered today and love it! I especially love the Ubuntu sticker :) 

I was looking for the directory with the drivers and couldn't find it, do you know where it is?  Also, I know Dell only uses LTS versions of Ubuntu so does that mean there will be a version of 16.04 available and if so, will there be an image made available for upgrading?

My 5510 was just delivered today and love it! I especially love the Ubuntu sticker :)

Awesome!

I was looking for the directory with the drivers and couldn't find it, do you know where it is?  Also, I know Dell only uses LTS versions of Ubuntu so does that mean there will be a version of 16.04 available and if so, will there be an image made available for upgrading?

There's a partition that contains the recovery media. It's the same contents as you'd find when you create recovery media. There's a directory in root of the recovery media/partition with all the debs.

Do you already know if there will be a DE with new Intel Iris Graphics and i7 6560U?

It seems you didn't see my question. Since you reviewed the status now i'm sure you can say something about the configurations :P

Hi!

I literally just got my shinning new Dell Precision 5510 with Ubuntu. I haven't been able to test it thoroughly yet, but so far is working like a charm! The machine is beautiful and Ubuntu is working great. I love the sticker too.

On the next few days, I'll probably post some questions, like for example, what types of updates can I do not messing with the configuration. Also, I noticed that there are a lot of 'additional drivers' enabled, I wouldn't want to mess something up by making a clean install.

Anyway, I just wanted to take the time to thank you Jared, Barton and the hole team. This is a superb laptop and is running Ubuntu seamlessly. I know you have putted a lot of effort and it shows. Thank you so much. It is such a nice thing to have one of the best machines on the market working with ubuntu natively. I hope project Sputnick only grows from here.

Best,

Santiago.

That's awesome Santiago!  Glad you like it and thanks for the kind words.

Out of curiosity, which country are you in? 

I'm in the US, in Chicago.  And bought it in Feb 19, so it got super fast!

Question: Are there some updates that I should avoid or not do?

Hi Barton,

Ubuntu on the Precision 5510 is still unavailable online in France (see here). Do you have any update about futur availability ?

I try to order by phone, but the salesperson also had no infos on it. He mentions the possibility to configure the PC with "Freedos" and said it might be what I'm looking for. Can you confirm or not if FreeDos = Ubuntu ? (I'm not sure, but I think you mentioned something like that in this thread).

Thanks,

Romain

Hey Romain, i've had the same experience with Dell customer service in France (je suis français aussi) and was the one who brought the issue in this thread. Jared from the sputnik team replied that it does not make sense since they're not doing FreeDOS anymore... I guess it means customer service does not know what Ubuntu is. And this is not reassuring at all... Don't know what else to do but wait...

Cheers,

Axel

Romain and Axel,

Let me check with our folks in Europe.  My understanding is that the 5510 w/Ubuntu should be available in France.

Thanks for the heads up and stay tuned!