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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 addresse

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 installed a service that is a work around but I'm hoping this gets addressed in a subsequent firmware update. I was coming from a MBP as well and I've completely switched to Linux. I went back and forth between getting the Dell XPS or the X1. I finally settled on the X1 because I liked the keyboard more after using both at Microcenter, but it was a tough decision. The Arch wiki entry[0] on the X1 is a good reference point regardless of what distro you use. [0] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(Gen_6) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carb...

jcrben 8y ago
How's the touchpad and trackpoint experience? Are you using libinput?
- drakenot 8y ago
  I'm using libinput. It seems fine to me. No trackpad has come close to my MBP trackpad. However, this one is fine for my purposes. I will say that I'm not a heavy trackpad user though. I use a tiling window manager and use vimium to scroll in Chromium. The only modifications I made to the stock configuration was to enable the following flags in my Xorg config: Option "DisableWhileTyping" "0" Option "Tapping" 1 Option "TappingDrag" 0 Enabling tapping makes it match my preferred tapping behavior I had on my MBP. I disabled TappingDrag to prevent spurious drag events. The first flag was to let me use the trackpad while typing so I could do some light gaming using the trackpad.
- jsilence 8y ago
  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.

jcrben 8y ago

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

drakenot 8y ago
I'm using libinput. It seems fine to me. No trackpad has come close to my MBP trackpad. However, this one is fine for my purposes. I will say that I'm not a heavy trackpad user though. I use a tiling window manager and use vimium to scroll in Chromium. The only modifications I made to the stock configuration was to enable the following flags in my Xorg config: Option "DisableWhileTyping" "0" Option "Tapping" 1 Option "TappingDrag" 0 Enabling tapping makes it match my preferred tapping behavior I had on my MBP. I disabled TappingDrag to prevent spurious drag events. The first flag was to let me use the trackpad while typing so I could do some light gaming using the trackpad.
jsilence 8y ago
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.