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Current 5th gen user, coming from a MacBook Air 2013, I can’t believe people think the thinkpad is a great laptop. Running Linux on this never even crossed my m

• nixpulvis 8y ago
  Are you saying the Thinkpad is a bad laptop? I'm a bit confused. I also have the 5th edition (my first new Linux laptop) and I can't even begin to say how happy with it I've been. Setting up all my UIs and learning how to use Linux as a "User" not an "Administrator" has been a lot of fun. I now start the network instinctively with a quick terminal command (fish history is great). I quickly got used to (and now much prefer) a tiling window manager like i3. And above all, I've gotten used to the extra work of reading through changes to packages as they come in with Arch. This laptop feels "just right" as a recent Apple user. It's got that anti-apple vibe, without feeling like a crap piece of plastic. Now all Lenovo/Linux needs to do is match Apple's trackpad feel, and I'll call this is wash.
  • lgunsch 8y ago
    I second this setup! I run Arch Linux on a Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th gen, I use i3 wm, and my shell is Fish. I've used Arch, i3, and Fish for about 4 years now.
  • strzibny 8y ago
    I have it too, running Fedora on it. It's not my first Thinkpad but certainly the best (and overall best laptop I ever had).
• Brakenshire 8y ago
  X1 Carbon 5th gen is a fantastic laptop in my experience, the only thing I don’t like is the shallow keyboard, but that is the same for all laptops now.
  • nixpulvis 8y ago
    Yea, it's not the best... but WORLDS better than the new macbook so here I am.