Today at the Ubuntu Cloud Summit here in Oakland I grabbed sometime with Redmonk analyst Stephen O’Grady. It was Stephen who originally brought up the idea of creating a Dell laptop running Ubuntu targeted at developers.
I talked to Stephen about how he would characterize today’s world of developers and what he feels project Sputnik needs to deliver on to be successful.
Updated March 22
- Stephen’s post on Sputnik a few days after the interview: Why a developer laptop?
Extra-credit reading
- The Register: Dell puts Sputnik open-source laptop on launch pad
- Engadget: Project Sputnik: Dell’s Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers
- WSJ: Dude, Dell’s Building an Open Source Laptop
- The Verge: Dell’s Project Sputnik pairs Ubuntu with the XPS 13 to help create a developer’s dream
- Ars Technica: New Dell Ubuntu ultrabooks a step in the right direction for Linux support
Pau for now…
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I’m probably spoiled but this touchpad issue is killing me. However I loved the one click and done installation with Sputnik. Also, I’m saving a bit of power by enabling ALPM. It seems stable.. here’s the link on how to test it. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/PowerManagementALPM
Cheers and keep us updated, I’m loving it so far!
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So, anything new with this project? It’s been rather quiet since the initial burst of activity. I have high hopes for this, can’t wait to hear more.
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