The week before last I had a fantastic time at OSCON, seeing old friends and making new ones. As always, the hallway track was the one I found most enlightening.
On the second day we announced that project Sputnik would be going from project to product in the fall and got a fantastic response (see some of the articles written about it at the end). On the day of the announce Mike Hendrickson, O’Reilly’s VP of content strategy, interviewed me about the project (check out Mike’s project Sputnik review). That video is the first one below.
I also did a “cliffs notes” version with Janet Bartleson which clocked in at one minute and 47 seconds so if you’re short on time you can check out the second one.
Extra-credit reading
- Slideshow: Linux, Open Source & Ubuntu: OSCON 2012: The Open-Source Creative Engine Drives the Economy – eWeek
- Dell announces Ubuntu developer laptop – ITWeb
- Dell Launching Ubuntu Linux Developer Laptop After Successful Pilot Program Dubbed ‘Project Sputnik’ – International Digital Times
- Dell set to launch their Ubuntu developer laptop, Sputnik, later this year – TweakTown
- Dell’s Sputnik project is a go – Technoholik
- Dell expands open source initiatives – ITWeb
- Linux fans rejoice: Dell XPS 13 will come with Ubuntu – BetaNews
- Dell Takes Another Crack at Linux Boxes with Project Sputnik, Launching This Fall – HotHardware
- Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook For Developers Will Launch In 2012 – The Droid Guy
- Dell launching Sputnik, the Ubuntu developer laptop, this year – Ars Technica
- Dell to launch Ubuntu-based XPS 13 laptop this fall – Hardware.Info (UK)
- Open-Source Goes Ultraportable With Dell Pre-Installed Ubuntu XPS 13 Offering – Mobile Magazine
- Dell to ship XPS 13 with Ubuntu Linux in some areas, Precise Pangolin goes ultraportable – Engadget
- Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook with Ubuntu Linux Installed Launches This Fall – Geeky Gadgets
- Syndicated on: Technabob.com
- Linux comes to ultrabooks: Dell to preload OS on XPS 13 – CNET
- Dell to launch Linux ultrabook in Fall – Fierce CIO
- 4 Ways Dell Is Becoming An Open Source Company – TechCrunch
- Syndicated On: Seeking Alpha
- Shuttleworth talks up Ubuntu 12.10, growing acceptance of Linux on desktop and Ubuntu Unity – ZDNET
- Dell’s Developer Laptop – i-Programmer
- Dell announces expansion of three open source initiatives – eChannelLine
- Dell’s Development Computer, Project Sputnik, Coming this Fall – LAPTOP Magazine
- Dell Opens Up To Open Source Again – RedOrbit
- As Windows 8 looms, Dell readies Ubuntu laptop for fall release – ExtremeTech
- Dell adds to OpenStack and creates cloud notebook – DatacenterDynamics
- Dell’s Project Sputnik is go for launch – Bit-tech.net
- Dell Solidifies Commitment to Open Source, Developers at OSCON – eWeek
- Syndicated on:Techweekeurope.co.uk, CIO Insight
- Dell Linux-Based Laptop Goes On Sale This Fall – The Inquisitr
- Dell Expands OpenStack Cloud Efforts, and Other Open Source Programs – OStatic
- The Ultrabooks Dell Ubuntu developers arrive later this year – Xataka (Spain)
- Dell ready to sell laptops with Ubuntu – hwjournal.net (Italy)
- Dell puts Linux ultrabook – PuntoInformatico (Italy)
- Dell brings XPS 13 laptop from Ubuntu – Hardware.info (Dutch)
- Dell’s New Ubuntu Linux Laptop Is Coming This Fall – PC World
- Syndicated on: IDG News Norway, Macgasm
- A first look at Dell’s “Sputnik” Ubuntu Linux developer laptop – ZDNet
- A first look at Ubuntu 12.04 (Photo Gallery) – ZDNet
- Dell Gives Linux Laptops Another Chance – TechCrunch
- Syndicated on: TechCrunch (Japan), Linux.com
- Dell launching Project Sputnik developer laptops in fall – Ubergizmo
- Dell to release Project Sputnik developer laptop this fall – The Verge
- Dell to launch Project Sputnik developer laptops this fall – SlashGear
- Pentaho, Datameer Join Dell’s Project Sputnik – The VAR Guy
- Dell to offer Ubuntu XPS 13 laptops this Autumn – Inquirer
- Dell introduced based on OpenStack cloud solutions – Servers.PCOnline (China)
- Dell’s to sell Ubuntu ultrabooks this fall, Project Sputnik graduates from beta – Liliputing
- New Ubuntu Laptop, from Dell, to Head for Developers – OStatic
- Dell confirms Linux laptop and expands OpenStack cloud solutions – V3.co.uk
- Dell’s Ubuntu Ultrabook arrives this autumn – PC Pro
- Dell readies Linux Ultrabook for autumn release – Reg Hardware
- Coming: Dell Ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04 for Developers – The H
- Dell Ubuntu Linux Developer Laptop Launches this Fall: Project Sputnik FTW – Mobile & Apps
- Project Sputnik Versus Microsoft – PC Magazine
- Dell’s Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, ‘Blows Away’ Expectations – PC World
- Syndicated on: IDG news Norway, PC Advisor, Computerworld UK, Tech World, ITWorld Canada
- Dell’s Project Sputnik Set To Build The Ultimate Developer Laptop – Crazy Engineers
- Dell release a Linux laptop in autumn – TICbeat (Spain)
- Project Sputnik: The Ubuntu laptop from Dell in approach – Blogeee.net, CNET (France)
- Project Sputnik: the laptop to cloud developers – Tom’s Hardware (France)
- Dell puts a foot in the Linux market – Mac Generation (France)
- Soon an XPS 13 from Dell with Ubuntu 4.12 – Revioo.com (France)
- Sputnik is concretely: Dell Ultra with Ubuntu Book 12:04 in Autumn – Pro-Linux (Germany)
- Officially launched the project “Sputnik” notebook PC development to developers only with Dell, the Ubuntu – SourceForge.JP Magazine (Japan)
- Dell XPS 13 starts this autumn sale with Ubuntu – Tweakers.net (Netherlands)
- New Linux PC from Dell – Computerworld (Norway)
- Dell materializes its Linux project – Silicon News (Spain)
- Dell is preparing a new laptop with GNU / Linux – Somos Libres (Peru)
- Dell will begin selling computers with Linux preinstalled at the factory – FayerWayer (Spanish)
- Laptop Dell Launches Special Project Developer Sputnik This September – Chip Online Portal (Indonesia)
- Dell returns to the market for Linux-Laptop– CyberSecurity (Russia)
- Dell offers Linux-laptops a second chance – DailyComm (Russia)
- Dell revives project for Linux laptops – Tech News (Bulgaria)
- Dell Returned to the Market for Linux Laptops – siteua.org (Russia)
- 4 Intriguing Desktop Linux Options Coming Soon to Retail Stores – Linux.com
Barton's Blog 
Wrong link for Mike Hendrickson review, the correct one is: http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/07/dells-sputnik-git-what-you-want.html
But…any news on the Beta Cosmonout Program?
A lot of us are becoming crazy I think. This is the most ambicious program since a long time. Linux fan (especially Ubuntu ones…) see a great opportunity to change the world in this Ultrabook.
This is just a personal opinion..of course…
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Thanks for catching that, its fixed now.
Our little team is currently going through the beta applications now, hoping to have an updated soon. Thanks for your patience!
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I bought an XPS13 with windows a few weeks ago and loaded sputnik on it to tide me over until pre-loaded sputnik was available. My hope was that it would be on the next rev of XPS13 hardware, with higher screen resolution. If the sputnik XPS13 still has 1366×768, I am sorry to say I won’t buy one. I will either stick with my current XPS13 (still running ubuntu), or else investigate the new Lenovo Thinkpad X1 carbon. Please upgrade the screen res!
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