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That’s neat. Does anyone know why they are targeting a 3D animation workload, specifically? Is there software for rendering ran on Linux machines that’s used in industry?
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> 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
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I use a Thinkpad carbon X1 with Debian. Fantastically portable with all day battery life. Just make sure to check the Arch wiki (regardless of which Linux you install) for a few special commands needed to make everything work properly.
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)
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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
Well, until TV manufacturers will choose to add a GSM module to TVs :)
I would never buy a Lenovo.
I’m going to need a labtop soon (won’t be my main computer), I’m probably going to get a used $200 dell laptop and install Ubuntu and it will run like a champ...
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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.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2890166/lenovo-to-flus... I have no trust for Lenovo after this incident.
Lenovo's consumer division and ThinkPad division are two very different business lines with different roots and culture. ThinkPad came from the IBM PC acquisition and never had the spyware that the consumer machines had for a while. ThinkPad customers are mostly large (and small) corporations who would never put up with that. You may still choose not to trust Lenovo, but it's worth noting the difference between Think…
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Lenovo's consumer division and ThinkPad division are two very different business lines with different roots and culture. ThinkPad came from the IBM PC acquisition and never had the spyware that the consumer machines had for a while. ThinkPad customers are mostly large (and small) corporations who would never put up with that. You may still choose not to trust Lenovo, but it's worth noting the difference between Think…
After they replaced the menu key with the printscreen (!) key, I'm not so sure that this distinction exists anymore. They should have never played around with the keyboard.
If you're running Windows, you can use AutoHotkey to turn PrtSc back into a Menu key, while keeping access to the screenshot function when you use the Windows key as a modifier. Just copy this snippet into a .ahk script that you run at startup:
; Remap the PrtSc key:
; PrtSc -> Menu (like an old ThinkPad keyboard)
; Windows+PrtSc -> Screenshot of all monitors
; Windows+Alt+PrtSc -> Screenshot of current window
PrintScreen:: AppsKey
#PrintScreen:: PrintScreen
#!PrintScreen:: Send {Alt Down}{PrintScreen}{Alt Up}
Searching for 'linux' off the main screen and you're lead to a selection of 3 Operating Systems, Windows, Windows, Windows. Are MS paying the to keep alien OSes off Lenovo hardware?