Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
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Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#2Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#3Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
I can't speak to the X1 Extreme but I use the X1 Carbon 6th Generation and it runs Linux great.
Initially, there was an issue with S3 sleep but Lenovo addressed that with a firmware update. Lenovo also recently joined the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). It is now extremely easy to update firmware in Linux by executing the fwupd command. The one remaining issue is some thermal throttling threshold issue. I've installed a service that is a work around but I'm hoping this gets addressed in a subsequent firmware update.
I was coming from a MBP as well and I've completely switched to Linux. I went back and forth between getting the Dell XPS or the X1. I finally settled on the X1 because I liked the keyboard more after using both at Microcenter, but it was a tough decision.
The Arch wiki entry[0] on the X1 is a good reference point regardless of what distro you use.
[0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carb...
Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#4Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
nVidia automatically means hassle w current gen laptop hardware.
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#5I wonder how long the battery will hold out displaying its own advertising page? On a mid-2012 MBP on Safari, the page is using 17% CPU just sitting in the background behind Activity Monitor. Switch tabs, its fine, but as soon as that tab gets focus...
That said, given that I don't hold out hope for Apple to build a laptop any time soon that I care to purchase, if it would indeed run Linux it looks like $2300 gets what could be the 32GB/1TB laptop of my dreams. Or at least something that I can live with happily that's not six years old.
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#6Why don't more hardware vendors see Linux as important? I know the first answer is they sell more windows laptops but we devs are willing to pay for high-end specs that normal people don't need, and aren't those more profitable? Maybe the relative numbers are just so much smaller for Linux it just doesn't matter.
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#7This seems to be better than the current Macbook Pros on almost every level - specs, ports, weight. Only the screen is worse.
Too bad nVidia graphics aren't supported on macOS - otherwise would have been the Macbook of many dreams.
E: looks like I had missed the latest Macbook update; the specs are not that different.
Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#8Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
nVidia automatically means hassle w current gen laptop hardware.
WTF, no it doesn't. Nvidia releases Linux drivers and updates regularly now, they get pulled into all the major distro repositories, and they generally work well.
If you're doing any sort of gpu accelerated machine learning, you're basically expected to use Ubuntu with Nvidia hardware and drivers.
Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#9Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
I can't speak to the X1 Extreme but I use the X1 Carbon 6th Generation and it runs Linux great. Initially, there was an issue with S3 sleep but Lenovo addressed that with a firmware update. Lenovo also recently joined the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). It is now extremely easy to update firmware in Linux by executing the fwupd command. The one remaining issue is some thermal throttling threshold issue. I've in…
How's the touchpad and trackpoint experience? Are you using libinput?
Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook
#10Is there any in-depth dive into how well it runs Linux? I'm considering jumping off of MacOS with Mojave so something I can run fedora on comfortably with good battery life/stability would be great
nVidia automatically means hassle w current gen laptop hardware.
Running a T480 with dedicated nvidia hardware. The GPU in mine is mostly off, as I use the intel onboard graphics for most day to day tasks. The occasional gaming session in windows is the only time the dedicated gpu actually gets some power fed to it.
I run linux on this without any nvidia drivers even. Just bbswitch that turns off the dedicated GPU.