Author: Barton George
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Dell’s Developer line turns 10 — Looking back at a Project Sputnik’s first decade
Originally published February 3, 2023 10 years ago, Dell’s first developer system, the Ubuntu-based XPS 13 developer edition became available in the US and Canada. What made this product unique was not only that it had been developed out-of-process and by a team largely made up of volunteers, but it targeted a constituency completely new…
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Introducing the 2020 XPS 13 Developer Edition — (this one goes to 32!)
We are proud to announce the latest and greatest Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition. The system, which is based on 10th Gen Intel® Core™ 10nm mobile processors, represents the 10th generation of the XPS 13 Developer Edition (see a list of the previous nine generations below). This 10th generation system features an updated design and…
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Project Sputnik: Want to join the cause?
Passionate about Linux? About Developers? We’ll have we got the opportunity for you. 😊 The Project Sputnik team is planning to beef up our efforts and we’re looking for a passionate soul to join the cause and help drive Dell’s line of developer laptops and workstations. This individual would have an opportunity to handle community…
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XPS 13 developer edition portfolio up 8X in the States, 6 core and more!
At the beginning of last month, we announced the roll out of the first configurations of Dell’s latest XPS 13 developer edition. Today, in honor of Halloween, we are excited to announce that we are increasing the number of configurations in the developer edition portfolio by a factor of eight. In total, we now offer…
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Dell’s Linux landing page goes live!
One subject we often get feedback on, and it doesn’t tend to be the positive kind, is the difficulty in finding Linux systems on Dell.com. The following tweet does a good job of summing up people’s frustrations Im sure you get this all the time – but I dont understand why it’s so hard to…
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Introducing the XPS 13 developer edition, 9th generation
Today we’d like to announce that the new XPS 13 developer edition (7390) will soon be available in the US, Canada and Europe. The new developer edition, based on Intel’s 10th Gen Core™ U series processors, is part of Dell’s new consumer PC portfolio that is being unveiled today. These systems represent the 9th generation…
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Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the Dell Precision 5540, 7540 and 7540 developer editions
July 6, 2019 Update — Now available: Dell Precision 5540 mobile workstation, developer edition Dell Precision 7540 mobile workstation, developer edition Dell Precision 7740 mobile workstation, developer edition Earlier this month we introduced the entry-point system in Dell’s next generation of Ubuntu-based Precision mobile workstations. Today we are announcing the rest of the line:…
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2019 Desktop developer survey
Dell’s Ubuntu-powered Project Sputnik has been driven since day one by input from the community. While we have continued to gather input on an ongoing basis we decided that it was time to step back and get a broader view. To that end we have partnered with Canonical to produce the 2019 Desktop developer survey.…
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Announcing the budget-friendly, Linux-based Dell Precision mobile workstations
Now available — Precision 3541 mobile workstation, dev edition Dell makes some pretty brawny Linux-based workstations. Witness the uber-powerful Dell Precision 7000 tower and rack workstations. These beefy systems can be ordered with either Ubuntu or Red Hat preloaded and are perfect for exploring intensive workloads like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Getting…
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The new Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available in the US, Europe and Canada
Last January the Dell XPS 13 developer edition (9370) made its debut. Today we’re excited to announce that one year later its successor, the XPS 13 developer edition (9380), is now available in the US, Canada and Europe. (Note: both the 9370 and 9380 will coexist for a period of time.) Project Sputnik The 9380…
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS now available on Dell Precision mobile workstations
We wanted to end 2018 on a high note. As of Friday, the developer editions of the Precision 5530 and 3530 mobile workstations are now available with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Dell Precision 5530 mobile workstation, developer edition The Precision 7530 and 7730 mobile workstations, built for even more compute-intensive workloads, will be offered with Ubuntu 18.04…
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Sputnik turns 6! Presenting the folks behind it
Six years ago today the first Project Sputnik system appeared on dell.com. It all started at the beginning of 2012 with a pitch to an internal innovation committee. A month after the pitch, on the ides of March, the committee gave the go ahead for an exploratory project to test out the idea of a…
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Dell Precision 5530 Developer Edition Now Available!
We are happy to announce that the last of the Ubuntu-based Precision xx30 Mobile line is here. The Dell Precision 5530 mobile workstation developer edition features the latest Intel Core and Xeon processors, blazing-fast memory and professional graphics. The 5530 joins the already available: Dell Precision 3530 Mobile Workstation, developer edition Dell Precision 7530 Mobile Workstation,…
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The XPS 13 Developer Edition goes Bionic, Welcome 18.04!
When project Sputnik debuted over five years ago, we launched with one config of our XPS 13 developer edition and it came with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Today, thanks to the interest and support of the community, we are announcing that in the US our seventh generation XPS 13 developer edition now comes with Ubuntu 18.04. …
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Precision Developer Editions 7530/7730 now online — Welcome the power pair
Not long ago I introduced the next gen of Project Sputnik’s Linux-based Dell Precision Mobile workstations: the 3530, 5530, 7530 and the 7730. At that time the 3530 was available for purchase. Today I’m happy to announce that the uber-powerful 7530 and 7730 are now live on dell.com Dell Precision 7530 Mobile Workstation, developer edition…
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Welcome the new Dell Precision developer editions! Gen 3 of the beefy line up
Project Sputnik keeps rolling on! Today I’m proud to announce the new the Linux-based Dell Precision Mobile workstation line: the 3530, 5530, 7530 and the 7730. These systems, which represent the fourth generation of the Precision developer editions, come preloaded with Ubuntu and have been RHEL certified. These new thinner, lighter, premium-built Precision mobile workstations feature…
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XPS 13 Developer Edition — the 7th gen is here!
-> Updated June 22, 2018 – Three 16GB/FHD configs added to the line up in the US -> Updated Jan 26, 2018 – Added list of countries that offer the XPS 13 developer edition offline. Today I am excited to announce the availability of the 7th generation of the Ubuntu-based XPS 13 developer edition. Project…
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Project Sputnik Turns Five!
It was five years ago today, on November 29, 2012, that the first Project Sputnik system was launched. Who would have thought we would have made it this far. The reason why Project Sputnik is not only still around but keeps growing is because of the developer community. In fact, without the input and support…
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EdgeX – Open Source IoT effort hosted by the Linux Foundation
Last month at the Cloud Foundry Summit Europe, not only did I attend various sessions, but I got to deliver one myself. The talk, entitled “EdgeX Foundry – Open Interop Platform for the IoT Edge,” gives a high level overview of the EdgeX Foundry which is an open source effort hosted by the Linux Foundation. …