Thanks, Philippe, will do! On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Philippe Jean Guillaumie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
