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Lenovo goes all in with the Linux desktop with two dozen+ Ubuntu powered PCs
- schoen 6y agoI'm so frustrated that they (and IBM as the previous manufacturer of ThinkPads) didn't officially offer any laptops with no OS, or with Linux, most of the time for the past two decades in the U.S. Sometimes they did in other countries or for large corporate purchases, but not for individual purchases. I'm sure IBM and Lenovo both knew how popular ThinkPads are with Linux users.
- CrankyBear 6y agoI'm just glad Lenovo is finally getting its Linux desktop act together. Besides Ubuntu, they're making it easier to get Fedora and RHEL now.
- karmakaze 6y agoThis is great for Linux. It's the year of... Unfortunately I wouldn't get a laptop with a 16x9 display aspect unless it was a 20" screen.
- rbecker 6y agoSame story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24566871 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24566871
- mcartia 6y agoA brief sad story: I bought a ThinkPad X395 that is officially certified as Ubuntu compatible (https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201906-27169 https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201906-27169) and the WWAN XMM 7360 LTE module is not supported. Fortunately I managed to make it work with this unofficial driver (which however does not support ModemManager with everything that follows): https://github.com/xmm7360/xmm7360-pci https://github.com/xmm7360/xmm7360-pci Also to make the fingerprint scanner work I had to tinker with firmware etc.