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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I'm returning my Lenovo laptop that gave me tons of compatibility issues and getting this Dell XPS 13 instead. Thoughts? (www.bestbuy.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?

Edit: Apparently it's certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I assume I should go with This particular Ubuntu version then?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, why not go for something that supports Linux out of the box? Why stock to mainstream?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dell supports pre-installed Ubuntu on the XPS Plus configuration. You can order it with Ubuntu installed out of their webshop. They also have repos for all the drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ubuntu LTS in general ships with very out-dated software. Many software are lacking in many useful features.

Although most of this can be mitigated with virtual environment of your programming language of choice, or flatpak/snap/appimage. There are several, like libreoffice, latex, and DE, are not so easy to fix.

I am not convinced LTS is a good environment for most users.