Although we do not usually imitate the great gurus, it is always good and fun to know the habits, equipment, etc ... that gurus use, gurus like Richard Stallman, Mark Shuttleworth or Linux Torvalds, among others. Recently Torvalds has indicated which laptop he uses for his travels and moments of mobile programming.
This laptop model is quite curious because has Ubuntu as an operating system and ... no, it does not have Unity or Gnome or KDE but it does got cinnamon, a desktop that was created for Linux Mint, a distribution that is based on Ubuntu.
First of all, Linus Torvalds emphasizes that he uses his desktop computer daily to run and work on the kernel, but when he lectures or goes on a trip, he uses his laptop, a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop which is optimized to use Ubuntu. This equipment has a high price but it also has some interesting features that makes it so good or better than the Macbook Air itself.
On this computer, Linus does not use the default desktop He does not even use Gnome since the latest version does not quite adapt well From the old desk to the reduced screens (we must not forget that the laptop has a 13-inch screen), in this case Linus Torvalds uses Cinnamon, a desktop that was created or made famous thanks to Linux Mint, another distribution based in Ubuntu.
So it seems that Ubuntu is not the freest distribution that we can get, but it is the most useful, not only being effective for web browsing or the office world but also to be able to program something as important as the Linux code. Of course, this news is not momentous, It is not something that changes the course or the future of Gnu / Linux but it is still a great curiosity and a great fact for the followers of technological gurus.
I have personally always believed that Dell's laptop is a great device whose bad element is the priceFor the rest, it is a highly powerful and highly compensated team, elements that Linus also values positively. Too bad Dell or another manufacturer doesn't offer similar equipment for less money.
I'm not deceived by linus torvalds uses pure console: @
I don't know but I always knew
Which laptop could you recommend, or do you use yourselves, that has similar performance (and similar hardware) to this Dell but in other brands with a lower price?
If you look for info about this model you will see that it has a tendency to die suddenly and Dell washes its hands. I have something similar, although cheaper and less powerful with a 2 ″ Lenovo Yoga 13 All perfect with Ubuntu 16.04 64bits