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I haven't had any issues installing Ubuntu based Linux on Thinkpads that came with Windows and I've been doing it for over a decade. Maybe the fingerprint scan
by mythrwy 5y ago
I haven't had any issues installing Ubuntu based Linux on Thinkpads that came with Windows and I've been doing it for over a decade.
Maybe the fingerprint scanners didn't work, I never tried those. But otherwise seamless near as I can tell.
Granted it's mostly older Thinkpads but still. 0 problems.
- zibzab 5y agoThe fingerprint scanner almost never work in Windows either. A recent win10 update for some reason removed fingerprint drivers for me and I didn't even notice it.
- kiwijamo 5y agoI bought a ThinkPad X1 that came with Windows. Had no trouble changing that to a dual boot arrangement with Debian. Kept that for a few months until I realized I was going weeks without booting into Windows. Ended up making the switch to a full Arch Linux installation with no Windows. Has worked well. I have a fingerprint scanner but haven't bothered with it—that worked poorly under Windows anyway so never used even under Windows.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThe most common problem I run into is power management. About 50% of the laptops I've installed Ubuntu on that were originally configured for Windows will correctly sleep or suspend when the lid is closed. Of the distros I've used, Ubuntu is the one that works most reliably if I throw it on random PCs.