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Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Re: Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Post by linuxhansl »

thefunnyman wrote: post #191
linuxhansl wrote: post #144

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> If you want to buy a Linux laptop, avoid Lenovo like the plague. They have absolutely zero quality assurance for Linux. I had the exact opposite experience. Perhaps it's a Unbuntu thing, hard to know, I use Fedora, or perhaps it's the Yoga... In 2004 I got a T42, installed Fedora on it, it just worked. In 2013 I got a T440p, installed Fedora, just worked. That Laptop is still in use, btw. This year I got a X1 Extre…

Does your microphone work? I generally love Thinkpads and have continued to buy them but even running Ubuntu 20.04 I still cannot use my fingerprint reader or microphone on my X1 Yoga and the pen doesn’t show up in Wacom settings at all so I can’t customize the buttons.

Yep. Microphone works (in the T42, T440p, and X1E gen2).

I never tried the fingerprint reader, so I do not know whether that works or not.

Re: Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Post by linuxhansl »

yolomcsuperswag wrote: post #170
linuxhansl wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you want to buy a Linux laptop, avoid Lenovo like the plague. They have absolutely zero quality assurance for Linux. I had the exact opposite experience. Perhaps it's a Unbuntu thing, hard to know, I use Fedora, or perhaps it's the Yoga... In 2004 I got a T42, installed Fedora on it, it just worked. In 2013 I got a T440p, installed Fedora, just worked. That Laptop is still in use, btw. This year I got a X1 Extre…

"X1 Extreme Gen2 (...) just works" Literally? I can't even beat the installer because of the GPU. (Vanilla Fedora)

Huh?

I really did not do anything special (after it was installed I installed the NVidia drivers from RPMFusion, but that was after the base install was done).

Perhaps you need to enable hybrid graphics in the BIOS.

Re: Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Post by darkwater »

fluffything wrote: post #152
darkwater wrote: post #84

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"btw, I run Arch" /s To add some more useful (anecdotal) data, I have a Thinkpad T15 with Ubuntu 20.04 and everything works smoothly (even secure boot) EXCEPT the fingerprints reader, although TBH I still haven't tried after updating to 20.04. So in my opinion Lenovo support for Ubuntu is really good.

If this were about somebody getting a 2k$ macbook whose fingerprint reader doesn't work, everyone would be outraged. But since I paid 2k$ for a Lenovo Ubuntu laptop, I'm the one that's wrong for expecting the fingerprint reader to actually work.

You can have a more than decent Lenovo laptop for half that price (T490) and TBH fingerprint reader is a nice gimmick but it's not something I care when I choose a laptop.

Re: Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Post by yolomcsuperswag »

linuxhansl wrote: post #202
yolomcsuperswag wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"X1 Extreme Gen2 (...) just works" Literally? I can't even beat the installer because of the GPU. (Vanilla Fedora)

Huh? I really did not do anything special (after it was installed I installed the NVidia drivers from RPMFusion, but that was after the base install was done). Perhaps you need to enable hybrid graphics in the BIOS.

I've tried both with and without :/ Oh, well.

Re: Lenovo to Certify ThinkPad and ThinkStation Workstation Portfolio for Linux

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Post by calvinmorrison »

WalterGR wrote: post #140
calvinmorrison wrote: post #134

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The biggest take away is make sure your hardware supports the software you want before you make expensive purchases.

Is that information that Lenovo publishes? In the following page it shows some model numbers. Is there a guaranteed 1:1 mapping from model number to chipset? https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd100264

Sorry I just saw this. ThinkWiki may be a friend if you're looking for thinkpad specific documntation
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