Dell’s XPS 13 Plus is the first laptop certified for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

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Ten years after the launch of a commercial laptop with a combination of Linux and Project Sputnik, Dell and Canonical announced that the XPS 13 Plus is the first PC certified forLTS. It's easy to have a PC that works without having to worry about whether or not the components are ready to work with Linux.

The Linux-equipped Developer Edition models of the laptop were already available, with prices starting at $1,289.00. The end of standard support for this version in 2027 and the end of life in 2032 is delivered by long-term support releases. Your device gets the specific drivers installed that will make all of its features work properly if it is certified.

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If you install a new operating system on a machine that was originally shipped with Windows 11, that also applies. One of the people at Dell was a marketing executive. He told Forbes that the Developer Edition branding is meant to keep people from accidentally buying a Linux laptop to save a few bucks. It feels unlikely that the certified list will stay for long because Dell ships many other machines and flavors of the XPS line.

There are a lot of improvements to be found in the latest version of the Linux operating system, including better power management, new gestures, and improved support for audio devices.

There are a number of ways in which you can have your XPS 13 Plus and its capacitive touch function row set up with a hardware-optimised version of 22.06. The other option is to order a new laptop and wait for it to arrive. If you need to do a fresh install in a hurry, you can do it. If you wait until August 4th, you'll be able to do as little work as possible because the upgrade path for all users will be released that day.