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> good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box. I remember knowing that if I got an IBM ThinkPad, it probably had good Linux driver support. I still
by sshine 4y ago
> good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box.
I remember knowing that if I got an IBM ThinkPad, it probably had good Linux driver support.
I still make the assumption that Lenovo ThinkPads have better Linux driver support because hackers prefer them. But I honestly have no idea if that's true any more.
- tux2bsd 4y agoVarious, generally older, ThinkPads are popular in the *BSD communities too.
- TingPing 4y agoBetter than average but the majority of laptops use the same hardware and drivers. A bad wifi chip here or an odd fingerprint reader there are the majority of issues.
- alpaca128 4y agoMine needs an unofficial wifi driver or the connection will just die every 20 minutes, and the NVidia Optimus hardware is a nightmare. I like the laptop overall but I'll never touch NVidia stuff again. Drivers are among the things I just don't want to deal with.