sigh
Not this FUD again. Ubuntu will work well on pretty much any single-graphics Ultrabook currently on the market.
Can we leave the wifi problems complaints in previous decade where they belong?
Not this FUD again. Ubuntu will work well on pretty much any single-graphics Ultrabook currently on the market.
Can we leave the wifi problems complaints in previous decade where they belong?
I'm in the market for such a machine, and it's driving me absolutely batty.
* The Dell XPS 13 is the front runner, but I would prefer a larger screen. I stare at it all day, so that's more important than having something super portable. Also, compared to my current 1900x1200 screen, I'd be taking a pixel hit going to 1900x1080. Because some morons decided that watching movies was more important than doing actual work with computers. Also, the Wired review does mention Wi-Fi problems with the machine, which are not Linux specific, but probably due to the construction. http://www.wired.com/reviews/2013/07/dell-xps-linux/
* The Chromebook Pixel. Now this is a screen! I love it! The whole package looks pretty nice, although it's maybe a tad underpowered in terms of CPU and memory - I'd spend a bit more to get something I'm going to be comfortable with for the next few years. The killer though: 32 gigs of storage! NOT OK. Yeah, it comes with 'Google Drive' cloud stuff, but that doesn't cut it for me. I don't use a lot of disk - my current machine only has 100 gigs used up, so I'd probably be able to get by with a 128 gig SSD, but 32?! Sorry. Also, I'm a bit worried about support for the machine: Dell's has, for me, been pretty good in the past. I'm not sure I trust Google as much.
* There's a new Samsung that's supposed to come out with a high res screen soon: http://www.samsung.com/global/ativ/ativbook9plus.html - it looks pretty good, but once again, 13 inches... not sure I'd be happy with that, and I'm not sure it'll be out in time for me to get it during my trip to the US:-/
Sure, I can get an external screen, but that means I have a completely different screen environment depending if I'm at home, at work, or somewhere else.
I had it fail on me during a presentation I was giving. Next time I'll use my macbook, just to be safe. Obviously I don't blame Ubuntu. I blame myself for not buying a laptop with Ubuntu support.
Next time I'll buy System 76.
I have a dell vostro 3360 which I bought thinking that everything would be ubuntu-fine... Not an ultrabook, but similar hardware.
It turns out that on on stock ubuntu, even for light tasks, the fan runs overtime. This is not a problem on the manufacturer provided Windows 7.
Dell provides Linux drivers to control the fan speed... but they do not work very well even after a fair amount of tweaking (there's a settings file which determines when the fan is supposed to switch on). To me, this is one of the most annoying problems that a machine can have.
Manufacturer support of operating systems matters.
I don't have it anymore because I got robbed. Although I'm a Linux enthusiast, I ended up replacing it with the 2013 Macbook Air, because I don't want to pay a premium price for a product that I can't use 100%.
The Lenovo X1 Carbon is a dream for Linux. If you want to run Linux on an ultrabook, I cannot recommend the Carbon more highly.
http://www.inaccuratedesign.com/2012/10/22/Linux-on-the-X1-C...
Fedora is also OK apparently: http://sysconfig.org.uk/2013/05/fedora-18-on-lenovo-thinkpad...
Arch too: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1