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Beyond that though, Lenovo has a track record of cramming pre-installed, hard-or-impossible-to-remove malware on its machines. On some models, it's even at the
by snerbles 8y ago
Beyond that though, Lenovo has a track record of cramming pre-installed, hard-or-impossible-to-remove malware on its machines. On some models, it's even at the BIOS level [0].
At a minimum, I would be very suspicious of anything pre-installed on a Lenovo laptop and that includes the ones that ship with Ubuntu.
[0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nasty/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nas...
- diffeomorphism 8y agoEntirely different part of lenovo though. https://www.infoworld.com/article/2616335/techology-business/lenovo-to-create-thinkpad-focused-business-unit-to-compete-at-the-high-end.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2616335/techology-business... So, while tangentially relevant, it is like bashing samsung washing machines for touchwiz on samsung phones.
- snerbles 8y agoThat analogy is a little disingenuous as both divisions make PCs. Executive management bears at least some responsibility in something as egregious as that - the fish rots from the head, as the expression goes.
- gruez 8y ago>it is like bashing samsung washing machines for touchwiz on samsung phones. those aren't really the same. in lenovo's case was breaching the consumer's trust, whereas in your example, it's purely a design decision.