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>But this is a $3000 professional laptop, which is supposed to have good Linux support. // That's a big fail by Lenovo then, so why didn't you return it? When
by pbhjpbhj 5y ago
>But this is a $3000 professional laptop, which is supposed to have good Linux support. //
That's a big fail by Lenovo then, so why didn't you return it? When the support guys logged in to your computer to fix it, what did they do -- just go "yeah, or product is crap" and usher you away?
- LeonM 5y ago> so why didn't you return it? Mostly because I had more important things to do at the time. Though not perfect, the computer does work, it does get the job done. And also, I wouldn't know which other brand/model to get. I made my decision to buy the X1E based on the HN community recommending Lenovo as having one of the best support for Linux. So if I switch to a different brand, I might end up with an even worse Linux experience, so it wasn't worth the risk to me.
- orangepurple 5y agoMy X1 carbon works flawlessly aside from the fingerprint scanner (never tried it) and the builtin 4G modem which requires Windows drivers to initialize on Verizon with some shady proprietary blob that is downloaded over the air.
- nine_k 5y agoIt's not that everything branded Lenovo runs linux flawlessly. There are know models and model lines that do so (like the T line). Usually they were / are even offered in variants with Linux preinstalled from Lenovo web site. Other models may have and do have problems, unsupported hardware, etc.