On 15/05/2015 11:40, Raju Bitter wrote: >> Responded to Carsten's message directly, forwarding to the mailing list, > in case someone else wants is interested in the discussion. > > Hi Carsten, > thanks for your quick response! > it's the xps 13 developer edition, optimized for Ubuntu 14.04, with Intel > HD graphics 5500: > http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd > http://bartongeorge.net/2015/04/09/4th-gen-dell-xps-13-developer-edition-available/ > with the xps 13, dell started to contribute all driver patches for > touchpad, keyboard, etc. back into kernel. which means, for both 14.04 and > 15.05 everything should be working out of the box. > > i'll do a test run with bodhi over the weekend, and report my experience > here. > > Dell has 2 notebooks optimized for linux right now, you can get them with > ubuntu pre-installed: > xps 13 developer edition > precision m3800 work station: this review mentions that enlightenment was > running fine > http://www.networkworld.com/article/2897199/opensource-subnet/review-dells-ubuntu-powered-m3800-mobile-workstation-is-a-desktop-destroyer.html > > hidpi: yes, that's why i tried enlightenment again in the first place. was > getting really bad rendering on ubuntu 13.04 a while ago with hidpi. using > enlightenment i could just increase the zoom factor, everything worked. > pretty awesome! > > i've used enlightenment a long time ago (2001-2004) was my favorite window > manager back then. so thanks for all the hard work you put into it. > :) > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 15 May 2015 09:03:40 +0200 Raju Bitter <[email protected]> >> said: >> >>> Hi, >>> do you have any recommendation for using Enlightenment with Dell XPS 13? >>> Does it work with Bodhi Linux 3.0? I want to get a new Linux notebook, >> and >>> it's time to go back using Enlightenment (which I last used back 10 years >>> ago, I guess). Really like the clean design, compared to default Ubuntu >> UI. >>> Any input appreciated! Thanks, >>> Raju >> >> what's the hardware on the xps13 you are looking at? if it's a new machine >> in >> general i'd say: >> >> 1. don't get optimus or any of these dual-gpu setups. either pure intel >> (modernish gpus), or pure nvidia (in general i'm wary of ati/amd so i'd >> generally counsel to keep away from them thanks to my history/experience). >> 2. make sure you have more than 64m ram. i think that's easy. >> 3. hi-dpi could be problematic if you plan to mix hi-dpi and "normal" dpi >> screens. if you want all "hi dpi", or all normal - you are good to go with >> scaling. >> >> that's really it. as such bodhi may work fine for you, as will arch (which >> packages e verbatim and AUr offers git master tracking packages). opensuse >> has >> good e packages, and tbh the rest - i don't know off the top of my head, >> but: >> >> https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/packaging_status/ >> >> :)
@ Raju Bitter Enlightenment git version builds/works fine on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 15.04. My advice: keep the pre-installed OS (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is an obvious choice for the Dell XPS 13) and get E20 git version. Build scripts available here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2274982 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
