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Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook

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Post by jsilence » Mon, Oct 01, 2018, 6:52 PM UTC

jcrben wrote: post #9

drakenot wrote: post #3

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I can't speak to the X1 Extreme but I use the X1 Carbon 6th Generation and it runs Linux great. Initially, there was an issue with S3 sleep but Lenovo addressed that with a firmware update. Lenovo also recently joined the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS). It is now extremely easy to update firmware in Linux by executing the fwupd command. The one remaining issue is some thermal throttling threshold issue. I've in…

How's the touchpad and trackpoint experience? Are you using libinput?

On the X1 gen 5 using synaptics it misses proper palm detection. Oftentimes I accidentally place the cursor at odd places when typing. truly annoying. Possibly there is a fix. any pointers appreciated.

Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook

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Post by otriv » Mon, Oct 01, 2018, 7:47 PM UTC

I'm currently on a x200 and would like to upgrade to a newer ThinkPad. Unfortunately this has a processor that has Intel ME. When will hardware companies start caring about user privacy?

Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook

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Post by krageon » Tue, Oct 02, 2018, 10:14 AM UTC

rincebrain wrote: post #18

ohazi wrote: post #8

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WTF, no it doesn't. Nvidia releases Linux drivers and updates regularly now, they get pulled into all the major distro repositories, and they generally work well. If you're doing any sort of gpu accelerated machine learning, you're basically expected to use Ubuntu with Nvidia hardware and drivers.

I think the assertion was that having an iGPU and a dGPU in a Linux laptop means problems, not that NVIDIA parts alone do.

You can run that just fine too.

Re: Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme – 64GM RAM and GTX 1050 in an Ultrabook

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Post by Latteland » Tue, Oct 02, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

noch wrote: post #17

Latteland wrote: post #6

Why don't more hardware vendors see Linux as important? I know the first answer is they sell more windows laptops but we devs are willing to pay for high-end specs that normal people don't need, and aren't those more profitable? Maybe the relative numbers are just so much smaller for Linux it just doesn't matter.

Because Linux on the destkop is a usability nightmare and basically unusable for the average user. The Linux destkop platform is a mess. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18113338

Devs will live with that to some extent, like me. I spend way more on hardware than nondevs, I hope there are enough of us to make it an attractive market.