As reported by Dell and the British Linux distributor Canonical, the Dell XPS 13 Plus (9320) in the Developer Edition was the first notebook ever to be officially used with the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu 22.04 LTS based on Linux 5.15 LTS kernel.
Dell and Canonical certify five models
The Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition was included in the “Ubuntu Certified Laptops ' by Ubuntu 22.04 LTS aka 'Jammy Jellyfish', making it the first certified OEM computer. 321 systems are released for the previous generation Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 258 systems
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 321 systems
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: 5 Systems
From the official upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (“Focal Fossa”) to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and the improved performance and more efficient power saving mechanisms developers who work on Ubuntu in particular benefit, as product manager Jaewook Woo explains.
By bringing the enhanced performance and power management features of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to our most advanced premium laptop, Dell and Canonical reinforce our joint commitment to continue delivering the best computing experience for developers using Ubuntu.
Jaewook Woo, Product Manager at Dell
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which can optionally be preinstalled when purchasing a Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition, offers improvements for the free display server protocol Wayland and brings with it new applications, tools and subsystems for developers. The basis is Linux 5.15 LTS with support until October 2023.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with Gnome 42 and Linux 5.15 LTS (Image: Canonical)As part of an update to the hardware enablement stack, there will also be an optional HWE kernel, which is likely to be based on Linux 5.17. This kernel is supposed to support the latest hardware at the time, but will only be provided with updates for 6 months from the release.
- Linux 5.15 LTS*
- Optional: Linux 5.17** as HWE kernel
- Mozilla Firefox 99.0
- Mozilla Thunderbird 91.8
- LibreOffice 7.3.2
- Mesa3D 22.0.1
- Gnome 42
- GTK3
*) Support for 5 years **) Support for 6 months
Everything started with the Sputnik project
Dell and Canonical started their collaboration in 2012 with the first Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, at that time still with an Intel Core i3-3517U based on Ivy Bridge, with preinstalled Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (“Precise Pangolin”), via the ComputerBase at the time too had reported.
The XPS 13 is a long-standing flagship range for Ubuntu on laptops. It's fantastic to see the XPS 13 Plus and Ubuntu 22.04 deliver a first-class hardware and software experience for developers, 10 years on from the start of Project Sputnik.
Oliver Smith, Product Manager for Ubuntu at Canonical
< p class="p text-width">The current Dell XPS 13 Plus (9320) with Windows 11 will have to prove itself in a detailed test by the ComputerBase editors.
Dell XPS 13 Plus (9320)