Tag: profile tool
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Update: Project Sputnik Profile tool
About a month ago I blogged that, with renewed vigor and resources, we were tackling the Project Sputnik Profile Tool – a tool that enables a developer to quickly set up an environment without cluttering up their system. The announcement included a new collaboration with the folks from Docker and a request for feedback from…
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Project Sputnik Profile Tool: Dell commits engineering resources, Docker joins the cause and we want your input!
When we first introduced Project Sputnik over a year ago we talked about two community projects: the profile tool and the cloud launcher. We garnered a fair amount of attention and made some progress but unfortunately not as much as I would have liked. I am very happy to report therefore that recently we have…
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My O’Reilly Video — Telling the Project Sputnik story
While I interviewed a bunch of folks at OSCON, I also got the chance to be on the other end of the camera. On Thursday of the event I sat down with Meghan Blanchette, editor at O’Reilly media and we talked about Project Sputnik, where it’s been and where it’s going. Check it out: Some…
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Update: Project Sputnik Profile Tool and Cloud Launcher
During last week’s DevOps Days here in Austin, Matt Ray of Opscode and Charles Lowell of the Frontside did a demo showing the status of the Project Sputnik profile tool and the cloud launcher. The profile tool is still at a very early stage, and while the Cloud Launcher exists today in the form of…
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Sputnik 2 is here: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition goes 1080p and lands in Europe
When we launched the Ubuntu-based XPS 13 developer edition at the end of November we got a lot of great press. That being said, the two complaints we heard loud and clear were 1) the resolution is too low, and 2) it needs to be available outside the US and Canada. Since that time we…
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Sputnik has landed! Introducing the Dell XPS 13 Laptop, Developer Edition
A little over six months ago we announced a scrappy skunkworks project to pilot a developer solution based on Ubuntu 12.04LTS and our sleek XPS 13 laptop. Thanks to the amazing feedback and support we have received from the community, today we are announcing the availability of the resulting official product – the Dell XPS…
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Project Sputnik: Profile Tool update
I thought I would take a break from feverishly preparing for the project Sputnik product launch, to give an update on the Profile tool. As you may remember, besides the needed drivers and basic utilities/tools there are two “extra-bits” that are part of the overall project Sputnik solution: the Profile tool and the Cloud launcher. …
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Project Sputnik – Beta Cosmonauts chosen
First of all, I would like to thank all the applicants to the Project Sputnik beta program for their patience. Since we announced the program last month we have been working on implementation, traveling mostly uncharted waters here at Dell. After working through countless details and seeing what could actually be done in a timely…