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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday January 14 2017, @12:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the removing-the-microsoft-tax dept.

OMG! Ubuntu! reports

[January 11,] the company announced the immediate availability of the Dell Precision 3520 mobile workstation (that's "professional laptop" to you and [me]).

Better yet, buyers can save over $100 by choosing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS pre-loaded instead of Windows 10--now that's what you call a deal!

[...] Dell's Barton George says more Ubuntu-powered Precision workstations will go on sale in the coming months, worldwide, including an Ubuntu version of the company's stylish new Precision 5720 All-in-One desktop PC.

Unlike other vendors, Dell [doesn't] ship their Linux option on no-frills reduced-power hardware. All models in the Dell Precision lineup pack powerful 7th generation Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors, support Thunderbolt 3 (ahem, USB-C), and can be kitted out with up to 32GB RAM!

The Dell Precision 3520 is available to buy & configure right now priced from $899 (base specs, with Ubuntu 1604 LTS). It ships worldwide.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @02:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @02:00AM (#453671)

    One note though: before actually nuking the preinstalled Linux, check what packages and drivers are used. It is also helps to check out the config files and kernel configuration. With all that information in hand, it can make setting stuff up and slimming down excess installed by default in the distribution you do choose.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:11AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday January 14 2017, @03:11AM (#453687) Homepage

    Traditionally, dating back to 2003, Dell boxen have served me well with better-than-Windows Linux installs. As one example, with Linux, my audio card worked out of the box without having to download drivers as one would have to do in a Windows installation.

    Dell use standard well-understood hardware* which lends itself well to Linux. Another of my fondest memories of Linux was that it operated all functions of my Wal-Mart bought HP all in one USB-connected printer without having to install any drivers, a task unsuitable for Windows.

    And as the booze is kicking in, I'm laughing pretty hard at all this Windows-like discussion: Does Linux work with this hardware? Sheeeeit, what is this, 1997? Linux is running teavees and supercomputers.

    Linux has worked better than Windows with hardware for quite awhile now, although there is a major caveat in my argument: Linux has been invaded by fifth-columnists shitting it up and making things worse, and Windows is using their H1-B armies to try and "ape," so to speak, the convenience of Linux.

    * Maybe not now. Can somebody warn me if that's the case??

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @04:38AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 14 2017, @04:38AM (#453705)

      I understand that, but I remember the days of having to fiddle with the conf files for X and whatnot. Additionally, installers for generic distributions tend to install everything under the sun to make sure they work. You are probably right about it being unnecessary, but I've been bit before (in the Fedora Core days) so I'm probably overly cautious when it comes to overwriting OEM Linux installs.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday January 14 2017, @05:57PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday January 14 2017, @05:57PM (#453852) Journal

      I had to laugh: one day i bought a new printer. It was a linux compatible, as well as winxp compat (of course, lol). Plugged it into my wifes winxp computer and spent an hour downloading an update to Internet explorer (wtf??? do i need to update the browser for???), then a half hour installing driver after driver and rebooting each time.
      1.5 hours wasted.

      Plugged it into my ubuntu box and 20 seconds later it was up and running.

      Also, i miss corel linux: so nice, and sweet to look at (for an early linux) and use. :(

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