Tag: project sputnik
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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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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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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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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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Open Source Summit videos – Sputnik, Bitnami, ARM and OpenShift
Last month I attend Open Source Summit (OSS) North America which was held in Los Angeles from September 11- 14. This year the Linux Foundation brought four conferences under the umbrella name, “The Open Source Summit” (OSS). The four conferences were LinuxCon, ContainerCon, CloudOpen plus the new “Open Community Conference.” Interviewing and being Interviewed While at the conference,…
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Ubuntu-based All-in-One joins the brawn brothers
Today we are happy to announce, that the Dell Precision 5720, a 27” All-in-One workstation class machine is available for purchase. The system can be ordered preloaded with either Ubuntu 16.04, RHEL 7.3 or Windows 10. What were they thinking When the team designed the 5720, they focused on the front of screen experience with the…
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Dell at DockerCon — Config guides, developer laptops, plugins and more
Today you would have to be under an IT rock if you haven’t at least heard of containers. Containers, which have recently been made easily usable by a wide audience, allow applications to flow in a uniform package from development, to test, to production. Containers also allow applications to be moved between public and private…
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Live in Europe: Next gen XPS 13 developer edition
[Update — April 8: Offline country URLs added] A couple of weeks ago we announced the worldwide release of the Ubuntu-based mobile Precision mobile line as well and the US availability of the next gen XPS 13 developer edition. Today I’m happy to announce that the Skylake-based XPS 13 developer edition is now available in…
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XPS 13 Developer Edition launches in US, Ubuntu-based Workstations available worldwide
[ Update– April 7: i5 config now available] [Update — March 28: Precision 7510 and 7710 now available] Today I am excited to announce the worldwide launch of the Precision line of Ubuntu-based workstations along with the US launch of the 5th generation of the XPS 13 developer edition. Part of Project Sputnik, these systems began…
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Touchpad Palm Detection – the “confidence” feature
More info from the tech team: The XPS 13 9343 utilizes the Microsoft Precision Touchpad specification in I2C mode. The specific feature within the Microsoft Precision Touchpad specification is the “Confidence” feature: Confidence Confidence is used to indicate that the contact does not have any dimensions (height or width) > 25mm that implies that it…
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HackDFW and the project Sputnik story
[Notice: Previously I mistakenly noted that this event was hosted by MLH when, while it was part of the MLH season, was the result of the hard work and effort by a team of students from UTD, SMU, and UNT.] Last week I attended HackDFW, a student hackathon in Dallas put on by an intrepid group of local students from…
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Update: Dell XPS 13 laptop, developer edition – Sputnik Gen 4
We have been getting a ton of questions around the 4th generation Sputnik (XPS13 laptop, developer edition) and when it will be available. As you may have seen, last week at Sundance we broke the news of our brand new Dell Precision M3800, developer edition pre-loaded with Ubuntu. The XPS 13 isn’t far behind. We’re…
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Welcome the Dell Precision M3800 mobile workstation, developer edition
Update March 17: Great review in Network World — Review: Dell’s Ubuntu-powered M3800 Mobile Workstation is a desktop destroyer Since the planning stages of project Sputnik over two years ago we wanted to offer two versions of our developer-focused systems. The idea was to have both an ultra mobile laptop and a beefier workstation offering, a beauty…
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Installing Debian 8 on a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition
Over the break, Eric Mill put together great step-by-step instructions showing how to install Debian 8 (Jessie) on a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition. Eric also had some great things to say about the laptop and program themselves: Dell calls their program Project Sputnik, and it is managed by a friendly team of Linux engineers inside Dell…
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Developers share experiences running Ubuntu on Dell M3800 and XPS 15
Back in November when we launched Sputnik 3, we also announced its “unofficial big brother,” the Dell M3800 Precision workstation and the Dell XPS 15. This announcement was based on the after-hours work that Dell Linux engineer Jared Dominguez did to test and document the system. Quite a few developers have referenced Jared’s work, taken the…
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24 Hours of Pizza-fueled Innovation
Postponed: Over the weekend, due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to postpone our first hackathon. Stay tuned for more details. Im very psyched to announce Dell’s first Hackathon which will be happening next week right here in Austin. The Dell Center for Entrepreneurs and Dell Software Information Management Solutions are teaming up…