Today, the Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux is easily the most well-known Linux laptop. Many users, especially developers – including Linus Torvalds – love it. As Torvalds recently said, “Normally, I wouldn’t name names, but I’m making an exception for the XPS 13 just because I liked it so much that I also ended up buying one for my daughter when she went off to college.”

So, how did Dell – best known for good-quality, mass-produced PCs – end up building top-of-the-line Ubuntu Linux laptops? Well, Barton George, Dell Technologies’ Developer Community manager, shared the “Project Sputnik” story this week in a presentation at the popular Linux and open-source community show, All Things Open.

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    1 year ago

    As much as people don’t like Ubuntu, for users who aren’t enthusiasts they don’t want a million different options to choose from

    If we keep changing the standard it’ll drive people away and leave behind support

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      1 year ago

      Or you could just recommend Linux mint. It is so much more usable

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        1 year ago

        Recommend yes, preinstall maybe not. Anyway as others have said if Ubuntu runs any distro should