To the List,
Developers meet Project Sputnik, Dell’s six-month exploratory pilot
to create an Ubuntu Linux®-based developer laptop. Initial ideas
include: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS loaded on a Dell™ XPS 13 Ultrabook™ Distro
augmented by the necessary hardware drivers and a basic set of tools
that support building, testing, and producing web and mobile apps A library of
profiles, such as Ruby and Android, to quickly set up your development
environments and tool chains A tool chain that supports DevOps workflows from
the client to the cloud
Sputnik is part of an effort by Dell to better understand and serve the
needs of developers in Web companies. We want to finds ways to make the
developer experience as powerful and simple as possible. And what
better way to do that than beginning with a laptop that is both highly
mobile and extremely stylish, running the 12.04 LTS release of Ubuntu.
To my knowledge, no other OEM has yet made a system specifically
targeted at devs and figured it was time to see what that might mean.
When the XPS13 launched we realized that we found the perfect platform
to start with and when Dell’s incubation program was announced we knew I
had the vehicle to get the effort kick started.
I should also add that Ubuntu was a natural choice not only because
of its popularity in the Web world but Dell has quite a bit of
experience with it. In fact Dell has enabled and pre-installed
out-of-the-factory Ubuntu on more computer models than any other OEM.
Developer profile management
Hardware enablement is critical but where Sputnik starts to get extra
interesting is when we talk about profiles. No two developers are
alike so instead of stuffing the system with every possible tool or app a
developer could possibly want, we are trying a different approach.
The first profiles we are targeting are Android, Ruby and JavaScript.
Here are two links for this project and its' information :
http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/campaigns/sputnik.aspx
AND
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/os-applications/w/wiki/3685.project-sputnik-exploratory-pilot-to-develop-an-ubuntu-based-developer-laptop.aspx
My only interest in this project is the moving forward to an expanded usage of
Linux/Unix.
Sincerely,
Harvey Rothenberg
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson
afterwards." -- Unknown
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