How is the compatibility with Ubuntu or other Linux Distributions?
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Dell sells a version of the XPS 13 with Ubuntu pre-installed, so I would assume the support is pretty good. The best things to look at for linux support are: wireless card/vendor and graphics card/vendor. For wireless cards, Intel &gt; Realtek &gt; Broadcom. Broadcom is going to be a nightmare usually. I have a Realtek card, and it has been pretty good. For graphics, Intel &gt; AMD integrated GPU (on the CPU) &gt; nVIDIA = AMD discrete. If you are not gaming, integrated GPU is your best bet (no graphics card). It looks like this Ultrabook has an Intel graphics card, and integrated GPU, so it should be great. Please note that this is an older version of the XPS 13, and you may want to check out Dell's website to get the newest one.
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Linux is an OS right? This is strictly hardware, should work with anything.
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It ships with Linpus Linux (I think the Lite version, but I'm not sure). I can't tell you how capable Linpus is, because the first thing I did was install Linux Mint from a "live" USB stick, overwriting Linpus. I used the Xfce version of Mint (which I think is somewhat less taxing on the processor and display card), and it runs fine. The only issue I have is that I sometimes inadvertently cause a touchpad event while typing. I haven't looked into whether I can reduce the touchpad sensitivity.
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Tested and working under many flavors of Linux. It uses the very common rtl8187 driver, so it'll work under just about anything.
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It works on my Mint computer so I'm almost absolutely sure it'll be compatible with Ubuntu. It's a very simple input device, no drivers needed.
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I've successfully used it with Fedora, so it should work with Ubuntu, I would think.
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I used it on Mint, and got it working, but it didn't perform as well as it did on windows. It broke and they wouldn't honor the warranty so I can't test on my current distro. I would say go with something else for Linux.
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I would be very surprised if it did not work with them, because its compatibility is entirely managed via the USB connection. Any OS that handles USB well should detect it just fine. It even works great with my Ubuntu Linux machines.
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It works fine with Ubuntu and I see no reason why it wouldn't work OK with CentOS etc. Is there a particular flavour you want to run on it?
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A very strong YES. I have been using it for many years with Kubnut and Sabayon. My favorate art programs are Krita, Mypaint, Gimp, Inkscape and for 3d sculpture work and other 3d stuff Blender 3d. All free and good art software. It works quite well with Mint, Ubuntu, Sabyon and any other Distro that included the drivers out of the box. Other can install the drives manually. Here is the main driver project. http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxwacom/
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Heavens yes. Also, go to Distrowatch and look at the all the Linux programs out there. It will run those too.Understand this: the people who make the boards, and Intel is excellent here, make them to run in a standard format so any operating system out there can handle them. Further, 10 something is out there and coming down the pike.. that board, and almost all the boards sold on Amazon will handle 10 when it gets here. SOME.. some of the boards are made for older input devices, and older operating systems. NOT the new ones which are universal. It is, by the way, and excellent, excellent board. Heavens yes. Also, go to Distrowatch and look at the all the Linux programs out there. It will run those too.Understand this: the people who make the boards, and Intel is excellent here, make them to run in a standard format so any operating system out there can handle them. Further, 10 something is out there and coming down the pike.. that board, and almost all the boards sold on Amazon will handle 10 when it gets here. SOME.. some of the boards are made for older input devices, and older operating systems. NOT the new ones which are universal. It is, by the way, and excellent,... » Read More Heavens yes. Also, go to Distrowatch and look at the all the Linux programs out there. It will run those too.Understand this: the people who make the boards, and Intel is excellent here, make them to run in a standard format so any operating system out there can handle them. Further, 10 something is out there and coming down the pike.. that board, and almost all the boards sold on Amazon will handle 10 when it gets here. SOME.. some of the boards are made for older input devices, and older operating systems. NOT the new ones which are universal. It is, by the way, and excellent, excellent board. « Show Less
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Work with most linux kernel, the only problem I had before is CentOS 7 kernel 3.10, but you can worked around with install kernel plus
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Linux will run fine on this board. Ubuntu the same as long as you use the newest version and not LTS. I use steam daily and haven't had an issue at all. Feel free to ask anymore questions.
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It is off the shelf hardware. It should work with Linux distributions AFAIK. You can build your own for slightly cheaper, but not too much cheaper. For the extra money, you do get warranty support on the hardware as well as having it tested and burnt in. That was worth my mine for having the piece of mind. Search for the free as mini reviews and you can get a breakdown of the hardware to check compatibility.
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I'm sure you could find some more information on the forums. I personally have not tried running it on Linux. I would imagine you just need to find the correct drivers to run it properly. Good luck.
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The utilite is not offered with Linux Mint preinstalled but some googling and research you should be able to figure out a way to do it. The box is definitely worth the money, IMHO.
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Running CentOs and Ubuntu without issue. Only hardware feature I have not tested is the bluetooth.