Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

Post by scns » Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 6:23 AM UTC

young_unixer wrote: post #12

gentleman11 wrote: post #10

Can’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…

This is the only thing stopping me from buying an X1 Carbon. I had decided to buy a Dell Latitude instead, but apparently Dell did something similar [1], so now I don't know what to buy. Maybe a Huawei? AFAIK they haven't been caught in these shenanigans yet, but I still don't feel comfortable with them for some reason. God, the laptop market is awful. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-.…

Post by petepete » Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 6:25 AM UTC

hypothesis wrote: post #6

JoshTriplett wrote: post #4

They'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.

Post by zozbot234 » Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 6:29 AM UTC

winrid wrote: post #14

young_unixer wrote: post #12

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This is the only thing stopping me from buying an X1 Carbon. I had decided to buy a Dell Latitude instead, but apparently Dell did something similar [1], so now I don't know what to buy. Maybe a Huawei? AFAIK they haven't been caught in these shenanigans yet, but I still don't feel comfortable with them for some reason. God, the laptop market is awful. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-.…

I got an X1 Extreme, went to switch the graphics from Hybrid to Discreet in the BIOS to install Linux, and immediately bricked it. It was a bug. No reset can fix it. They have to replace the motherboard. They had it four months before I finally got them to just replace the machine.

Post by duncanawoods » Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 6:37 AM UTC

rolleiflex wrote: post #9

happymellon wrote: post #8

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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.

Post by Lio » Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 6:37 AM UTC

happymellon wrote: post #8

tomstockmail wrote: post #7

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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…