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I had a very positive experience with a t480s (also switching from mac), though I use linux... The hardware feels much better for my needs than a mac: way bett

by carlob 6y ago

I had a very positive experience with a t480s (also switching from mac), though I use linux... The hardware feels much better for my needs than a mac: way better keyboard, matte screen and all the ports you'd expect including ethernet...oh and did I mention it's also way lighter?

allie1 6y ago
What distro did you run? I have been contemplating the same with PureOS
- nobleach 6y ago
  I'm not the OP, but I ran ArchLinux with great success on my Carbon X1C. Everything other than the fingerprint reader were recognized and "just worked". I did also try Manjaro for a few months. It was not too bad either. I did have to fiddle with a few more things to get sound working properly (when I plugged into an external monitor).
  - mdtusz 6y ago
    Another vote here for ThinkPads. I have a t480s and an X1C for work, both with arch and they both run beautifully using the same configs and dotfiles on both (with a few minor changes around display resolutions). They're solid machines if you get a good one and the keyboards are IMO the best you can get.
  - thefunnyman 6y ago
    I had an older X1 yoga that ran Arch great. I now have a newer X1 yoga and got lazy and just threw Ubuntu on it. Since 20.04 everything including fingerprint reader is working great.
- abdullahkhalids 6y ago
  I run Debian on a T470. Everything works perfectly.
timvisee 6y ago
I have a T480, little thinker, but hot swappable battery. What a fantastic machine! Running Gentoo on it, with Windows dualboot for Pioneer rekordbox :l
severino 6y ago
I got a Lenovo t450s some years ago but never found Linux support to be specially good. In fact, I remember I found some issues with the trackpoint's buttons. That, along with the fact that Lenovo would not agree to refund you the never used Windows license (as other vendors like ASUS did) put them in my black list.

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I had a very positive experience with a t480s (also switching from mac), though I use linux... The hardware feels much better for my needs than a mac: way bett

by carlob 6y ago

allie1 6y ago
What distro did you run? I have been contemplating the same with PureOS
- nobleach 6y ago
  I'm not the OP, but I ran ArchLinux with great success on my Carbon X1C. Everything other than the fingerprint reader were recognized and "just worked". I did also try Manjaro for a few months. It was not too bad either. I did have to fiddle with a few more things to get sound working properly (when I plugged into an external monitor).
  - mdtusz 6y ago
    Another vote here for ThinkPads. I have a t480s and an X1C for work, both with arch and they both run beautifully using the same configs and dotfiles on both (with a few minor changes around display resolutions). They're solid machines if you get a good one and the keyboards are IMO the best you can get.
  - thefunnyman 6y ago
    I had an older X1 yoga that ran Arch great. I now have a newer X1 yoga and got lazy and just threw Ubuntu on it. Since 20.04 everything including fingerprint reader is working great.
- abdullahkhalids 6y ago
  I run Debian on a T470. Everything works perfectly.
timvisee 6y ago
I have a T480, little thinker, but hot swappable battery. What a fantastic machine! Running Gentoo on it, with Windows dualboot for Pioneer rekordbox :l
severino 6y ago
I got a Lenovo t450s some years ago but never found Linux support to be specially good. In fact, I remember I found some issues with the trackpoint's buttons. That, along with the fact that Lenovo would not agree to refund you the never used Windows license (as other vendors like ASUS did) put them in my black list.