Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
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Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
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#2Yeah but it would be cool to have a Zen2 AMD processor instead of a Zen+
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#3Crossing fingers for China to adopt Linux rather than make their own thing in response to the US export restrictions.
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#4Yeah but it would be cool to have a Zen2 AMD processor instead of a Zen+
AMD doesn't have any mobile processors with Zen2 yet, so it would be hard for them to offer it. I hope they'll be available within a year.
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#5Finally! Last fall I bought a Lenovo Legion with 'DOS', in stead of a ThinkPad P (with the same CPU), primarily because of the Windows Tax.
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#6Click saver: for desktop replacement Pxx models only.
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#7This is great news, last year I was looking at Lenovo laptops but went for Dell because they offered Linux and I wanted to vote with my wallet. And it seems to have helped!
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#8Crossing fingers for China to adopt Linux rather than make their own thing in response to the US export restrictions.
China has used its own FreeBSD (kylin) and then ubuntu-based (neokylin) since 2001. Nearly half of all laptops are sold with it. Likewise, North Korea has Red Star since 2008 which is mandatory or risk forced labor.
While kylin isn't too far off from a traditional distro, officers will force you to install rootkits on both desktop/laptops and phones (JingWang). If you're caught later with it missing you will most likely disappear.
Red Star is horrifically oppressive and monitors everything you do. The GPL is of course ignored and very few changes are ever released. Trying to circumvent the restrictions causes the OS to self destruct. The few applications you can use watermark every file you create.
Long story short them creating linux-based distros is just an easy way for them to exert total control. It does nothing positive for the Linux or BSD ecosystem.
Re: Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
#9Crossing fingers for China to adopt Linux rather than make their own thing in response to the US export restrictions.
China has used its own FreeBSD (kylin) and then ubuntu-based (neokylin) since 2001. Nearly half of all laptops are sold with it. Likewise, North Korea has Red Star since 2008 which is mandatory or risk forced labor. While kylin isn't too far off from a traditional distro, officers will force you to install rootkits on both desktop/laptops and phones (JingWang). If you're caught later with it missing you will most lik…
It is my impression that despite initiatives like Kylin and Deepin, most of China is still on Windows. Am I wrong?
They adopting Linux would mean their hardware would work with it and developers targeting the Chinese market would have to make their programs work on Linux. That's all I'm hoping for.
Re: Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
#10Crossing fingers for China to adopt Linux rather than make their own thing in response to the US export restrictions.
China has used its own FreeBSD (kylin) and then ubuntu-based (neokylin) since 2001. Nearly half of all laptops are sold with it. Likewise, North Korea has Red Star since 2008 which is mandatory or risk forced labor. While kylin isn't too far off from a traditional distro, officers will force you to install rootkits on both desktop/laptops and phones (JingWang). If you're caught later with it missing you will most lik…
It has always amazed me that North Korea is able to create an OS like Red Star. I assume it takes a lot of knowledge and skill to stitch together such an OS, with fairly "unique" spying features not really seen in other distros.
Considering the limited access to the internet and not being able to ask StackOverflow users, how can they even manage building such a complex piece of software?