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There’s this persistent fake news story that you can’t buy a computer with Linux pre-installed on it. It’s nonsense. Dell has been selling Ubuntu-Linux powered computers since 2007. What’s also true is that, Dell, like Linux-specific desktop companies such as System76, sells high-end systems like its Precision mobile workstations. At the top end of Dell’s Ubuntu Linux line, you’ll find the Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptops.
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What makes it a “Developer Edition” besides the top-of-the-line hardware is its software configuration. Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, and Dell worked together to certify Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on the XPS 13 9370. This worked flawlessly on my review system.
Now, Ubuntu runs without a hitch on almost any PC, but the XPS 13 was the first one I’d seen that comes with the option to automatically install the Canonical Livepatch Service. This Ubuntu Advantage Support package automatically installs critical kernel patches in such a way you won’t need to reboot your system. With new Spectre and Meltdown bugs still appearing, you can count on more critical updates coming down the road.
The XPS 13’s hardware is, in a word, impressive. My best of breed laptop came with an 8th-generation Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8550U processor. This eight-core CPU runs at 4Ghz.
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