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Writing from a Carbon X1 6th gen right now. Ubuntu 18.04 stock, no tweaking required, all worked no problem. The best laptop I ever had. Previously owned a 4th
by ahachete 8y ago
Writing from a Carbon X1 6th gen right now. Ubuntu 18.04 stock, no tweaking required, all worked no problem. The best laptop I ever had.
Previously owned a 4th gen. 16.04, minor tweaking, also excellent laptop. Pricey, but the best you can get.
- lokicat 8y agoseconding the x1c6, fantastic linux machine. Lenovo's sub-model differences are a little bit baffling, but this means there are sometimes deals to be had on ebay.
- kevinherron 8y agoI’ve got one of these as well, and it’s great at running Linux, but it’s SOOO much slower than my 6-core MBP. Compiling any project that takes longer than 30 seconds kicks the fans into high gear, throttles the cpu, and leaves it nearly unusable until it’s finished.
- frfl 8y agomaybe this anti-throttling script[1] should help. I'm able to run at max CPU clock frequency at 85-90+ deg temps without throttling when doing CPU intense stuff (t480s, not carbon, but should work on carbon). [1]: https://github.com/erpalma/throttled https://github.com/erpalma/throttled
- kevinherron 8y agoI've had this installed and running since day 1.
- lokicat 8y agothat's impossible. If it were that that much faster, it'd have to weigh twice as much and the CPU would probably have double the TDP! :)
- rayiner 8y agoDo you use it as a laptop? What’s the battery life like with no tweaking?
- ahachete 8y agoYes, very frequently. I haven't measured it, but it lasts quite long.
- ninetax 8y agoI have the high density version of this laptop and it's a pain switching between external monitor and the laptop screen due to lack of ubuntu support for per monitor fractional scaling. Otherwise it's been pretty good. I wouldn't say no tweaking at all, but mostly none. Love the keyboard.