Last week there was a webinar from @DellCarePRO titled Ubuntu Basic Webinar.
Today the webinar video Ubuntu Basics Webinar has been posted online, and here is the summary.
Introduction
Ubuntu installation as dual-boot
Talk by Barton George
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Presenting Barton George and Project Sputnik. Barton George headed an internal effort in Dell to get Ubuntu on a high-end laptop, with a budget of just $40,000 and six months to deliver.
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Funding came from the Dell Innovation Fund, with the aim to establish if an Ubuntu laptop would work.
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Contrary to other efforts, this one was for a high-end offering. It would involve the community and get feedback from the community in order to change perceptions.
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Expansion from the initial XPS 13 with Ubuntu, to a new 6th gen Intel laptop along with a whole line of Latitude Ubuntu laptops. And an All-in-One Ubuntu desktop.
There was emphasis that the initial fund of $40,000 to investigate whether an Ubuntu laptop would be a viable product, delivered multiple times the profits to Dell.
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At the end of the webinar there was a quick survey on “how the webinar was” and “what would you like to cover in future” . I’m assuming other similar webinars will follow.