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Where are these Linux XPS’s on Dell’s website? Windows is the only option for 13 and 15 inch XPS. If I search Linux I only see an XPS desktop and some junk.

How’s the track pad? Track pad and MacOS is still far ahead of the competition. Despite all the backlash Apple gets for TouchBar and Catalina it’s still miles ahead of the competition.

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https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo...

Note that you need to choose "For Work" in order to get the option for the Developer Edition with Ubuntu.

They still show Windows 10 in all configurations. I’m checking from iPhone on safari, I’ll check with my laptop when I get home. Thanks.

They do not offer Linux laptops in many countries. I am from Belgium and they never had Linux as an option.

Going to dell.be, products, laptops, for work, there's a filter for OS: Ubuntu that shows 12 results.

These 12 results are not good. When they start offering 5-series or 7-series with Linux support, we may consider them.

The Linux laptops aren't available everywhere outside the US sadly.

They are available in Canada, for one...

https://www.dell.com/en-ca/work/shop/laptops-ultrabooks/sr/l...

There is? There is an Ubuntu button on the bottom right but using it to filter laptops doesn't bring anything up for me. Other filter options work fine; I'm in Alberta.

Does this work for you, for example?

https://www.dell.com/en-ca/work/shop/laptops-ultrabooks/xps-...

Under tech specs, it will say "Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04, Linux - Included in price".

Yes but shipping from Canada doesnt help me

they are certainly available in france, where I have bought quite a few

I got mine from the UK site ok.

I'm currently only on mobile, but I think this one for example: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-7390...

“How’s the track pad? Track pad and MacOS is still far ahead of the competition.”

This is one of the main reasons I am keeping my MacBook. The trackpad feel and the gestures on the Mac are much better on then MacBook than on either windows or Linux. When I have my windows laptop on my lap to work everything’s feels really fiddly compared to the MacBook.

It's a matter of configuration and getting used to it. I got used to Windows from Mac OS pretty easily once I switched full time, ymmv.

Trackpads are still bad imo.

I think this is mostly a personal preference. I am used to trackpad in my Dell laptop under Debian, which it is quite practical. But if I have to just click on a link using a MacBook, the experience is so infuriating that my colleague fears for the physical integrity of his computer...

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