Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US
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#2their laptops are pretty meh -- my laptop loses the mouse if it goes to sleep. i had to disable sleep mode when closed.
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#3Did they not?
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#4They've been doing this for a little while. I just bought an X1 Carbon without Windows.
I don't plan on using the pre-installed Linux, but I appreciate that they're confirming that Linux works with the laptop and all its components.
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#5Interesting. I picked the T series [0], as that would be what I would purchase, and it comes with Ubuntu 18.04. I thought they had made a big announcement where they were working with Fedora to get Fedora shipping as their Linux option at the tail end of last year?
[0] https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-ser...
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#6They've been doing this for a little while. I just bought an X1 Carbon without Windows. I don't plan on using the pre-installed Linux, but I appreciate that they're confirming that Linux works with the laptop and all its components.
I think that pre-installed Linux also means that company is going to provide some customer support, be it BIOS fixes or maybe addressing a driver issue after an OS update.
Without such support it was common to simply get “an unsupported OS” reply, which will necessarily limit how popular product is with non-tech people.
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#7Interesting. I picked the T series [0], as that would be what I would purchase, and it comes with Ubuntu 18.04. I thought they had made a big announcement where they were working with Fedora to get Fedora shipping as their Linux option at the tail end of last year? [0] https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-ser...
It's an option in Matt Millers link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/mattdm/status/1401929147937607687
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#8Interesting. I picked the T series [0], as that would be what I would purchase, and it comes with Ubuntu 18.04. I thought they had made a big announcement where they were working with Fedora to get Fedora shipping as their Linux option at the tail end of last year? [0] https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-t-ser...
It's an option in Matt Millers link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/mattdm/status/1401929147937607687
Yes although that is the X series, I've been browsing after my comment and had noticed that there is a mix and some seem to be Ubuntu and some Fedora, which is great.
I also appreciate that they are saying that everything should work, including the fingerprint reader which is one thing I'm a little bitter about the XPS series. They'll sell you a laptop that is Linux compatible, but not everything will work.
Actually the X series seems to let you pick you Linux flavour. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x1/X1...?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's an option in Matt Millers link here: https://mobile.twitter.com/mattdm/status/1401929147937607687
Yes although that is the X series, I've been browsing after my comment and had noticed that there is a mix and some seem to be Ubuntu and some Fedora, which is great. I also appreciate that they are saying that everything should work, including the fingerprint reader which is one thing I'm a little bitter about the XPS series. They'll sell you a laptop that is Linux compatible, but not everything will work. Actually…
> They'll sell you a laptop that is Linux compatible, but not everything will work.
That is despicable on Dell’s part. The definition of ‘compatible’ is that everything will work.
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#10Can’t trust them since the multiple spyware incidents. Fool me four times, shame on me
Eg,
> But it did more than that. It injected a self-signed root HTTPS certificate, which allowed them to hijack any and all encrypted traffic
Different incident
> This malware was hidden in the laptop's firmware, and abused the anti-theft feature in Windows 8 and 10. Whenever the laptop booted up, the executable would be extracted from the firmware at boot-up and installed
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/now-three-pre-installed-malwar...
Secondary source that mentions FTC fines
> Lenovo cannot install any bloatware on its laptops without customers' express agreement, under the terms of its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the Superfish scandal.
> On top of a $3.5 million fine that the company agreed to pay in September, Lenovo will now be required to obtain express consent from consumers before any preinstalled software is able to run on a laptop, as well as provide an easy means of uninstalling any Lenovo tools.
https://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-hardware/29396/lenovo-settle...