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>The reason I use the things is because every more modern device I have seen or tried is inferior. The Linux advocate's obsession with ThinkPads is baffling.
by snakeyjake 2y ago
>The reason I use the things is because every more modern device I have seen or tried is inferior.
The Linux advocate's obsession with ThinkPads is baffling.
Lenovo, through their phone and consumer device divisions mainly, has been accused of more GPL violations than practically every other company on Earth combined and that's only slight hyperbole.
Plus, all of the security and privacy violations which make Microsoft look like a concerned and caring best friend.
I suppose seeing sticker-clad ThinkPads at conferences makes it easy to see who is cosplaying as someone who cares, like a speaker at an PETA meeting arriving in a (SECOND HAND, BRAH! I didn't buy this NEW! GAWH!) fur coat.
- hakfoo 2y agoThe appeal of Thinkpads is that they're more or less predictable. Some manufacturers tend to swing wildly from "really great" to "terrible and flimsy" from generation to generation. Thinkpads may, like everything else, be slowly enshittifying, but you can pretty much buy one at random and it probably won't creak when you pick it up, or overheat due to insufficient cooling capacity. On a per-model level they also tend to be very well documented. Knowing that it comes with specific wireless and GPU choices is important for Linux support, and is the sort of thing that they don't do with some cheap consumer laptops. I wish there were other manufacturers that did the same thing. I've heard good things about some specific commercial-grade Dell and HP ranges, but it seems like they don't have the same broad range... and often no trackpoint-alike.