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Only if you are willing to invest lots of time to get it somewhat usable, and if you don't use too many peripherals. I can't even get Ubuntu to run properly on

by LeonM 7y ago

Only if you are willing to invest lots of time to get it somewhat usable, and if you don't use too many peripherals. I can't even get Ubuntu to run properly on my X1E, the 4K display completely breaks grub and the dual GPU situation causes loads of problems when connecting an external display though thunderbolt. Battery life is worse compared to Windows (3h vs 5h).

philliphaydon 7y ago
:( thanks for the info. Guess I’ll stick to windows.
nirvdrum 7y ago
For the X1 Extreme, you may want to look at Pop!_OS. For the initial install you'll need to force enable the dGPU, but after that, you can switch back to hybrid. I realize it's not quite Ubuntu, but it is Ubuntu-based, so that might be good enough for you. I have no particular insight into the battery life though, I'm afraid. However, most of my battery life seems to go to the antimalware scanner, so Linux could be better by virtue of not running that.
mbi 7y ago
FWIW, I installed Ubuntu 19.04 on my X1E-4k using this [0] guide and it has been working flawlessly (with an external display via thunderbolt). The battery life is much worse than on Windows, can't deny that. 0: https://bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/index.html?https&&&bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/html/en/lenovo_x1_extreme_ubuntu1804.html https://bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/index.html?htt...
- LeonM 7y ago
  Thanks for the link, looks like there are some good tips on there! I'll try it out tonight. One of the problems I've ran into is that my external 4k monitor (40") runs at 100% scaling and my laptop 4k monitor at 200%, which causes all sorts of rendering bugs. After some searching I found that this has nothing to do with the X1E or Ubuntu for that matter. It's a X11/Wayland issue that just isn't properly implemented yet. Edit: it looks like this guide also instructs to switch to 'discrete graphics' in the BIOS. This is a hack and not what you want. This causes the nVidia graphics chip to be always on (instead of letting the OS choose). This causes terrible battery life. Don't do that.

by LeonM 7y ago

philliphaydon 7y ago

:( thanks for the info. Guess I’ll stick to windows.

nirvdrum 7y ago

For the X1 Extreme, you may want to look at Pop!_OS. For the initial install you'll need to force enable the dGPU, but after that, you can switch back to hybrid. I realize it's not quite Ubuntu, but it is Ubuntu-based, so that might be good enough for you. I have no particular insight into the battery life though, I'm afraid. However, most of my battery life seems to go to the antimalware scanner, so Linux could be better by virtue of not running that.

mbi 7y ago

FWIW, I installed Ubuntu 19.04 on my X1E-4k using this [0] guide and it has been working flawlessly (with an external display via thunderbolt). The battery life is much worse than on Windows, can't deny that. 0: https://bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/index.html?https&&&bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/html/en/lenovo_x1_extreme_ubuntu1804.html https://bauklimatik-dresden.de/privat/nicolai/index.html?htt...

LeonM 7y ago
Thanks for the link, looks like there are some good tips on there! I'll try it out tonight. One of the problems I've ran into is that my external 4k monitor (40") runs at 100% scaling and my laptop 4k monitor at 200%, which causes all sorts of rendering bugs. After some searching I found that this has nothing to do with the X1E or Ubuntu for that matter. It's a X11/Wayland issue that just isn't properly implemented yet. Edit: it looks like this guide also instructs to switch to 'discrete graphics' in the BIOS. This is a hack and not what you want. This causes the nVidia graphics chip to be always on (instead of letting the OS choose). This causes terrible battery life. Don't do that.