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I'm going with this Dell and returning my Lenovo Slim 7 Pro. In my previous thread saying I switched to Windows I read that Dells offer great compatibility. I ordered this Dell XPS 13 and plan on going with Pop OS. Thoughts on this? Good choice?

Edit: Apparently it's certified with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I assume I should go with This particular Ubuntu version then?

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[–] qupada@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Specs look good for the price, and those machine work great with Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on the slightly earlier 9310 right now).

The only slight downside of the 9315 is that the SSD is soldered to the motherboard. Make sure you back up your data regularly, because there might be no way to get anything off the machine if it breaks.

There's also something of a lack of IO; just one USB-C on each side (which is nice, because you can plug the charger into either side). But I have no issues with Bluetooth headphones, and monitors with USB-C have always worked great for plugging larger numbers of peripherals in.

[–] jezebelley3d@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I ordered a docking station to provide a HDMI 2.1 port and some more USB options along with an Ethernet port.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I have one of these 9-in-1 usb-c hubs.

It blows my mind that so much can be handled by such a small single cable.