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Will these things boot to Linux?
by cmrdporcupine 3y ago
Will these things boot to Linux?
- jeroenhd 3y agoLinux 6.0 and higher supposedly support the device. The system boots using EFI so as long as you can get a compatible kernel and the right firmware, it should work. Based on this: https://blog.rymcg.tech/blog/linux/thinkpad-x13s/ https://blog.rymcg.tech/blog/linux/thinkpad-x13s/ GPU support seems to have issues, which is a shame. That was written a few months ago, though.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoYeah, tough. I will wait to see if somebody more explicitly Linux-friendly makes a good workstation class ARM (or better, RISC-V even) laptop, because I've had nothing but problems with my Thinkpad Z13 Gen 1 Radeon/Ryzen and Lenovo is in my bad books. I had a M2 MBP issued for work by my previous job and it really was excellent; performance and battery life. But I'd have a hard time giving up Linux, and I'd worry about installation of Linux on hardware like that always being second-class.
- tracker1 3y agoFor me, don't mind mac so much as do wish I could stick to the linux/windows keyboard bindings I'm used to. Rosetta2 and docker have come a long way since i got my m1 as well.
- sys_64738 3y agoCan you use WSL2?
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoThere's two groups wanting Linux: One wants access to Linux tooling and will almost certainly have a good experience with WSL/2. The other group wants to not run Windows, so WSL in any form is mostly useless.