Dell XPS 13 9380 Developer Edition Now Available, Shipping With Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Dell XPS 13 9380 Developer Edition Now Available, Shipping With Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Dell is now shipping their new XPS 13 8th gen (9380) laptop in a developer edition that comes preloaded with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Dell-XPS-13-9380-Developer

[lectrode]

Related: Barton George was recently in a Forbes article, in which he expressed his desire to expand the target audience to more than just developers, also stating "It doesn't necessarily have a consumer-friendly name, yet it's an ideal device for non-developers who want a rock solid, reliable (and yea, pretty sexy) laptop without the bloat and instability of Windows 10."

That'd be pretty sweet if the Sputnik team can pull that off.

[mbello]

Look how far Linux has gone, nowadays a "developer edition" laptop means the machine comes with Linux!
Indeed, development of desktop applications for Windows is out of fashion, most software is now web-first or mobile-first.

Windows is losing relevance quite fast.

[marccollin]

still prefer serie T or X of lenovo,

[rene]

still prefer serie T or X of lenovo,

yeah, unfortunately on the XPS 13 (and 15 2:1) Dell ruined the keyboard with annoying page-up/down keys one often presses actually together with the arrow keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXNGVVeFJY will make most developers go crazy, … :-/

[scottishduck]

8GB RAM is a big no-no for me

[marccollin]

8GB RAM is a big no-no for me

true

don't buy anymore any laptop who don't accept 32 gig

[StefanBruens]

yeah, unfortunately on the XPS 13 (and 15 2:1) Dell ruined the keyboard with annoying page-up/down keys one often presses actually together with the arrow keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXNGVVeFJY will make most developers go crazy, … :-/

Who cares - real developers use HJKL ...

[StefanBruens]

8GB RAM is a big no-no for me

Then just buy one of the 16 GByte configurations ... 8 GB is only the entry configuration.

[rene]

Who cares - real developers use HJKL ...

only when I use nvi over serial terminals, … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPGOGar_gZQ