Availability Ubuntu on 15" Dell Laptop

@MAARTEN_BE

Will we start by documenting what it takes to get Ubuntu running on the M3800. 

stay tuned!

Any word on the XPS 15?

@MAARTEN_BE

Nothing official on the XPS15 but the M3800 is based on it so it should be pretty similar.  Also Mark Shuttleworth just ordered one to run Ubuntu on :-)

@PHILNGUYEN 

Mark just ordered the XPS15 (it hasnt arrived yet)

The M3800 or XPS15? If that's true, I think I can safely order one too!!

I've done my time developing on small 12" and 13" laptops. So I was very pleased to take delivery of my new XPS15 yesterday. Great machine! It's running Windows but I'd love to dual-boot to Ubuntu (sputnik) hence would appreciate any help or How-To's on this. This would be "Developer Nirvana" for me :emotion-11: 

Thanks in advance.

Hey nrg-b could you tell us your experience on installing Ubuntu? What version of the XPS15 did you get? 

In Belgium the XPS15 is not available yet for purchase.

@marten_BE and @nrg-b,

Did you see Jared's post? http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/11/14/ubuntu-on-the-precision-m3800.aspx

you might find it helpful :)

Cheers Barton, yes, I read your blog and skimmed through Jared's post. I will be reading it in detail later this weekend. May I ask is it possible to dual-boot the XPS15 to support either Win8 or Ubuntu13.10?

Thanks once again,

Bharat 

I've now managed to install Ubuntu on my XPS15. I followed this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI I manually configured the partitions and can now dual boot into 13.10 and Windows8. Very pleased, even the touch screen works - so far so good :emotion-11:  Well done, Project Sputnik and Canonical in producing an excellent configuration.

@Barton: Cheers! As it happens, I will also buy the XPS13 Win8 version and dual boot to Ubuntu. I plan to install 13.10. I am hoping the hardware support between XPS15 and XPS13 will be similar, perhaps a bit better on the XPS13 as its an Intel HD graphics chip. What do you reckon? 

By the way, Skype and Citrix Receiver work well on XPS15.

thanks @nrg-b!  glad you got your dual boot set up!

Thanks for the feedback, depending on the availability in Belgium I will buy the XPS15 or the M3800 soon. Linux support is the deciding factor in buying Dell. I am pleased to see that Linux professional grade support exists nowadays. 

I've blogged about some updates on the card reader and touchscreen on the M3800: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/11/26/follow-up-ubuntu-on-the-precision-m3800.aspx