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Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by Lio »

RandomGuyDTB wrote: post #30
ilikepi wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I messed with the low-end config a a bit, and it looked like the "Windows 10 Pro 64bit English,Spanish,French" license is more like around $100. Still a nice drop though. Too bad there's no way to choose "No OS installed", but maybe Canonical kicks them a little bit of money to offer Ubuntu.

Didn't Europe (maybe someone else) forbid shipping computers without operating systems? Might be because of that.

I’m pretty sure it’s Microsoft that pressures manufacturers to not offer PCs without operating systems not “Europe”.

I don’t think they ever went as far as threatening companies for selling Linux systems but it’s well documented that they withdrew discounts from suppliers offering OS/2 with computers.

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by pmontra »

krn wrote: post #76
jammygit wrote: post #64

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> Is that the ONLY reason why you dis Lenovo? They installed spyware. That is more than enough reason to lose trust. IIRC, they did it more than once too[1]. If that isn’t cause enough, what is? Would it take pre-installed ransomware to lose trust? https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/lenovo-laptop-virus.html?m...

> They installed spyware. That is more than enough reason to lose trust. I agree on principle, but Lenovo is no less trustworthy than any Smart TV manufacturer, such as Samsung, Sony, or LG. It has become a common industry practice to subsidize consumer hardware with pre-installed spyware. The only solution here is to replace the pre-installed OS with an open-source alternative. I would still pick Lenovo ThinkPad run…

Well, yes but at least I can refrain from setting the Wi-Fi password in my TV and still end up with a perfectly working TV (I do.) A computer without Internet is not very useful nowadaysm

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by minieggs »

x__x wrote: post #102

Can anyone recommend a netbook or smaller laptop good for recent release of Ubuntu?

If you edit your text in a terminal and use a light weight browser: Asus' E203MA has been working well for me. The CPU is slow. There's not much RAM. I wouldn't run Gnome on it. XFCE, Mate, i3 have all been good.

It's underpowered, it's cheap, but wow does the battery last forever (10 hours).

Beware: Ubuntu's palm rejection is very poor out of the box. No palm rejection issues on Arch or Mint.

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by ohazi »

the8472 wrote: post #88
esaym wrote: post #67

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The carbon never supported the docking stations right? I always liked a docking station so I can drop the laptop on it and have all my desk monitors come to life. But seems like docking stations aren't really popular anymore either... (which is one reason I never went with system76)

You can get most of that through thunderbolt hubs these days, there's little need for proprietary docking station connectors.

PSA to everyone using a recent ThinkPad: Update your thunderbolt firmware. Boot into Windows if you have to... This one is a might-break-your-hardware class bug.

https://github.com/fwupd/missing-firmware-lenovo-thinkpad/is...

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by Koremat6666 »

I recently switched from Macbook Pro to X1 Carbon. I would have loved to have Ubuntu installed on it and everything working. I would happily pay USD 100 to Levono or someone else to install a clean Ubuntu image.

Majority of my work happens in browser, shell and Intellij so I would not care much about anything else. Windows is too crappy at this point IMO.

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by pkofod »

miguelmota wrote: post #93

I placed an order for a high-end Lenovo computer last year in mid December and it was expected to arrive late January this year. I checked the order status and it said the computer hasn't shipped. I contacted Lenovo multiple times to see what was going on and they would always state that it'll ship soon. More days go by and the order status hasn't changed. I had to file a BBB complaint to have someone actually tell m…

Mine was 1½ month "late". The new due date was given 3 days after I put in the order. What are the odds? :)

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by Spivak »

Koremat6666 wrote: post #107

I recently switched from Macbook Pro to X1 Carbon. I would have loved to have Ubuntu installed on it and everything working. I would happily pay USD 100 to Levono or someone else to install a clean Ubuntu image. Majority of my work happens in browser, shell and Intellij so I would not care much about anything else. Windows is too crappy at this point IMO.

I don’t imagine there are many users that would be willing to pay more for a laptop preinstalled with a Linux distro.

The Windows license is still valuable even if all I do with it is run a couple programs in a VM. Some people might bite for a discount but it seems silly to pay more!

Re: Lenovo now shipping Ubuntu on high end workstations in the US

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Post by iopq »

lykr0n wrote: post #100
miguelmota wrote: post #93

I placed an order for a high-end Lenovo computer last year in mid December and it was expected to arrive late January this year. I checked the order status and it said the computer hasn't shipped. I contacted Lenovo multiple times to see what was going on and they would always state that it'll ship soon. More days go by and the order status hasn't changed. I had to file a BBB complaint to have someone actually tell m…

If the CPU is Intel there is a massive shortage of their chips due to slow production. Might be why

I'm so ready for AMD 4000 parts in laptops
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