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In addition to the recent fixes I posted for the XPS 13 developer edition, here is one more from the team.

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Broadcom bug

Some customers may experience an issue where their system crashes when switching wireless networks while running the factory install of Ubuntu 14.04. The issue appears to be a bug within the Broadcom wireless driver. You can follow the bug report at the following link:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1415880

The current recommended fix is to add the PPA at the following link to your repository list and then update your system to apply the fix:

https://launchpad.net/~inaddy/+archive/ubuntu/lp1415880

There are two methods to apply the patch detailed below:

Method 1

Run the following command to add the repositories using your package manager:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inaddy/lp1415880

Method 2

You can also add the repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file manually. Just add the following lines to the end of the sources.list file as in the screenshot below (requires root access).

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu trusty main

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/inaddy/lp1415880/ubuntu trusty main

After the repositories are added then update your system by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Extra credit reading

• Recent Fixes for XPS 13 developer edition

Pau for now…