[theyCallMeSwift]

Check out the Dell Developer Edition XPS. It comes with Ubuntu on it and has 100% full driver support out of the box. It's a great machine, we use them for work. Screen is great too and it looks really beautiful. https://sputnik.github.io/

[jwn]

I want to like this machine, but it comes stock with 8GB of RAM and only a 256GB drive for the high end model with no options to upgrade (at least on Dell's site).

[craftkiller]

Just wait a little longer. If you go to the project sputnik google+ page you'll see Barton George say they're clearing out the old stock before releasing the developer edition of the new skylake XPS 13s.

[jwn]

You may have just made my morning!

[nl]

Is there any chance they'll update the version of Ubuntu? 12.04 is.. old.

[smacktoward]

The current models ship with 14.04: http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd

[ch0wn]

Annoyingly, neither the price nor the spec have been updated recently. The non-developer XPSes are already on Skylake and come with more RAM and storage: http://www.dell.com/uk/p/xps-13-9350-laptop/pd

[akkartik]

Does this link work for anyone else?

[pja]

Works for me.

[akkartik]

Seems to fail on mobile.

[bacongobbler]

12.04 is still under LTS support by Ubuntu for another 4 years (LTS releases are supported for 7 years), so even if it's "old" it's also receiving active support. That being said, there's nothing stopping you from upgrading to 14.04 yourself.

[lorenzhs]

small correction, Ubuntu supports LTS releases for five years. Support for 12.04 ends in 14 months, in April 2017: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

[bacongobbler]

Thanks! I swore it was 7, but you're completely right.