Dell has been really good about shipping Dev versions of their XPS lineup which include Ubuntu by default instead of Windows. However, the new 2024 14" and 16" don’t show it as an option. Did they stop offering linux dev versions?

  • xcjs@programming.devEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’ve been disappointed in general with the XPS line in recent years. Dell has made some keyboard changes that I am not a fan of:

    • A touch bar instead of function keys? Why? Did they not learn from Apple’s mistake?
    • Changing Fn + Left to Page Down instead Home? And Fn + Right to Page Up instead of End? Once again, why?

    I’ve been purchasing the XPS line of laptops since 2013, but I stopped as soon as those changes landed and the Developer Edition of their laptops shipped with inferior hardware compared to the Windows ones.