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I can't speak to this generation of the machine, but I've had a decent experience with Ubuntu on the 3rd gen Carbon X1. I have constant issues with the wifi, th

I can't speak to this generation of the machine, but I've had a decent experience with Ubuntu on the 3rd gen Carbon X1. I have constant issues with the wifi, though... networkmanager needs to be restarted a couple times a day or else the OS will just lose connection and say wifi is disabled. There is also a general sluggishness, especially when web-browsing, that I have not yet tracked down. All in all, though, it is fine, and the hardware is very nice. I did have trouble getting any other distros besides Ubuntu to install and run properly, though, YMMV.

piker 10y ago
Interesting that your wifi experience sounds terrible, but you've given it a "decent" rating. For me, wifi concerns are among the most important. Thanks for the feedback.
- alaithea 10y ago
  At this point, the fix is just a matter of popping open a terminal, hitting Ctrl+R and typing "restart" to find the command that fixes things, and hitting Enter. So yeah, it is annoying but not a dealbreaker by any means for a power user. I could probably cronjob the restart, too.
  - CaptSpify 10y ago
    could probably write a service or cron to check if it's working and restart?
    - hehheh 10y ago
      Makes me think of this: https://www.amazon.com/NetReset-NR-1000US-Automated-Cycler-Routers/dp/B00HUEU9H8 https://www.amazon.com/NetReset-NR-1000US-Automated-Cycler-R... heh
- reitanqild 10y ago
  I do sudo networking restart and/or sudo network-manager restart a few times a week. Takes 30 seconds. Annoying. Totally acceptable IMO to have an OS I otherwise love (KDE Neon). (I like Windows 10 as well but it has a weird laggyness on my lenovo. I suspect the lenovo drivers but cannot do anything about it that I know.)
- c0nfused 10y ago
  This is pretty standard for any wifi connection in Ubuntu for me over 3 machines with 3 different wifi cards in 16.04 You get to restart network manger so it will do things like list wifi networks or reconnect to a network after suspend, it gets fixed for a few weeks, and then the issue comes back a few patches later. sources: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1407928 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+b... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1594715 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+b...
  - Ar-Curunir 10y ago
    Hmm, this has been happening to me running Linux on a Macbook Pro too; it didn't used to happen earlier. Wonder what broke in recent builds...
  - forgotpwtomain 10y ago
    That's why I'm still using netctl.. It's 2016: some one needs to rewrite that pile of crap..

piker 10y ago

Interesting that your wifi experience sounds terrible, but you've given it a "decent" rating. For me, wifi concerns are among the most important. Thanks for the feedback.

alaithea 10y ago
At this point, the fix is just a matter of popping open a terminal, hitting Ctrl+R and typing "restart" to find the command that fixes things, and hitting Enter. So yeah, it is annoying but not a dealbreaker by any means for a power user. I could probably cronjob the restart, too.
- CaptSpify 10y ago
  could probably write a service or cron to check if it's working and restart?
  - hehheh 10y ago
    Makes me think of this: https://www.amazon.com/NetReset-NR-1000US-Automated-Cycler-Routers/dp/B00HUEU9H8 https://www.amazon.com/NetReset-NR-1000US-Automated-Cycler-R... heh
reitanqild 10y ago
I do sudo networking restart and/or sudo network-manager restart a few times a week. Takes 30 seconds. Annoying. Totally acceptable IMO to have an OS I otherwise love (KDE Neon). (I like Windows 10 as well but it has a weird laggyness on my lenovo. I suspect the lenovo drivers but cannot do anything about it that I know.)
c0nfused 10y ago
This is pretty standard for any wifi connection in Ubuntu for me over 3 machines with 3 different wifi cards in 16.04 You get to restart network manger so it will do things like list wifi networks or reconnect to a network after suspend, it gets fixed for a few weeks, and then the issue comes back a few patches later. sources: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1407928 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+b... https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1594715 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+b...
- Ar-Curunir 10y ago
  Hmm, this has been happening to me running Linux on a Macbook Pro too; it didn't used to happen earlier. Wonder what broke in recent builds...
- forgotpwtomain 10y ago
  That's why I'm still using netctl.. It's 2016: some one needs to rewrite that pile of crap..