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> because Microsoft made a deal with Lenovo, now new Thinkpads are designed for just Windows As a Linux on ThinkPad user, I'd be very interested to learn more

• SSLy 8y ago
  fingerprint reader doesn't have drivers available, even blobs
• aphistic 8y ago
  Using Optimus is a horrible experience in Linux. I just turned off the discrete graphics because it was power hungry.
• pasbesoin 8y ago
  I'm not really the person to speak to this, but I haven't seen it mentioned, yet. Maybe someone more versed in the topic has something to say. The Wikipedia article reads fairly neutral, e.g. 'Microsoft clarified...' Well, what I remember from that time, from the tech press (right or wrong/exagerated) was much more along the lines of 'Microsoft hacked a compromise in response to the increasing pressure of backlash' -- and this back and forth happening multiple times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_In... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_boot_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_In... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/linus-torvalds-i-will-not-change-linux-to-deep-throat-microsoft/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/linus...