40.19 Olive Dell XPS13 9380
20190310
Olive is a 2019 Dell XPS13 9380 used as a development machine for writing, programming, interactive R and Python development. It is ultra portable for programming when travelling programming. Pros include keyboard, screen, 3 USB-C (2 Thunderbolt, 1 Powershare), 3.5mm audio jack, stereo speakers. Cons include no HDMI, no USB-A, powerful 4K display battery drain. Battery life is 8 hours. Well built with 5-star rating from PCMag as the best ultra portable laptop you can buy. The 13.3 inch 4K display (measured as 336mm) is housed within a compact form factor. Purchased for SGD $2300 including official Dell sleeve, USB-C:VGA adaptor, wireless USB-A mouse, and accessories including USB-C:USB-A, travel adaptor, earpods/microphone, USB card reader, keyboard protector, cable pouch.
Specifications
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Install Date | 2019-03-12 |
| Machine | Dell XPS 13 9380 |
| CPU | 8 x Intel Core i7-8565U 1.80GHz |
| Performance | BogoMIPS = 4224 x 8 |
| Memory | 16GiB LPDDR3 Synchronous 2133MHz (0.5 ns) |
| Network | QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (ath10k) |
| Disk | PM981 NVMe Samsung 512GB |
| Video | Intel HD Graphics (i915) |
| Camera | (uvcvideo) |
| Audio | (snd_hda_intel) |
| Touchpad | SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad () |
| Boot | Grub2 |
| Kernel | 4.15.0-46-generic |
Came with MS/Windows 10 Home (no preinstalled Ubuntu versions readily available). Boot Windows 10 to set up Wi-Fi and a new Microsoft user account. Power up (rather than restart from Windows) to boot into the BIOS (Revision 1.0.0) tapping F2 (BIOS) and F12 (Boot Menu) to see a blue bar along the bottom to indicate BIOS startup.
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 20190312 | Install Ubuntu 18.04 |
| 20191026 | Upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 19.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20191026 | Upgrade Ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20200502 | Upgrade Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20220827 | Upgrade Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20221104 | Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.10 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20230604 | Upgrade Ubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 using do-release-upgrade |
| 20231021 | Upgrade Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 using do-release-upgrade -d |
| 20240524 | Upgrade Ubuntu 23.10 to 24.04 using do-release-upgrade |
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