Don't forget ...

July 6, 2012

Posted By:  moxmi

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Don't forget ...

The Systems Administrator. There are a lot of Linux Sys Ads out there, hungry for a good laptop too.

Why Dell doesn't market a laptop to the Sys Ad I'll never know. We are often the ones who make purchasing decisions, or have influence over them.
A proper Sys Ad laptop might have ... a serial port! Yes, you read that right, a serial port. Shame on you if you ask why : )
Dual ethernet ports ... could come in very handy.

Other than that, we have the same requirements being discussed here.
Would love to have:
Choice of XPS 13, 14 or 15
Matte finish display, high resolution ( read no 1366x768 )
Option to NOT have Nvidia Optimus graphics on the high end panels !
Security of knowing the trackpad will work.
Security of knowing the NIC, wifi and graphics are Intel and in the kernel

I would run Dell's spin of Ubuntu if power management / hibernation worked. Otherwise I might stick with Fedora, as all the servers in my data center are RHEL.

* Currently I run an E6520, which is very Linux compatible, but too heavy to lug around every day ( I walk and take the T to work )


 

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  • Jul 9, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: Landyman

    A serial port and a matte screen would be ideal.

    To get both these days, one has to buy a Panasonic Toughbook.  I can only afford second-hand ones!
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  • Jul 8, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: thesheep

    I hae to admit that I never heard about anybody using "Ubunto" in any commercial business, although I must admit that we have used Ubuntu in the last 3 companies that I worked for with quite good effects, and that it is pretty popular outside the companies that still require Internet Explorer 6 on all of their user stations.
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  • Jul 7, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: robohh

    I'm in agreement with you regarding RedHat vs Ubunto.  Most of the large enterprise accounts that I have use either RHEL or CentOS.  I don't know of any comercial businesses using Ubunto as an enterprise solution.  Ubunto is most popular in the consumer market more of a novelty than a solution.  That being said, it makes more sense to build a development platform on the linux distribution that the majority of commercial enterprises use.

    Thanks for bringing the issue of linux distribution out for disscussion.
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  • Jul 7, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: CubedRoot

    I am also a Redhat RHEL administrator (I am using a company provided E5420) and I second everything the OP stated above.  I also use a mix of Fedora and RHEL Workstation as my main OS.  The only Windows install I have is in a VM that is hardly ever used.