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Usually Lenovo laptops have a very good support for Linux. I have a x201 and everything works perfect under Debian/testing. I encourage you to give it a chance.

by krenel 14y ago

doktrin 14y ago
Out of curiosity, does "everything" include seamless external monitor support, sleep on lid-close and working wi-fi? I am not being flippant at all, however the above constitute the reasons I moved away from a Linux laptop 3 years ago (and, conversely, will not move back until their resolution). Thus far OSX works for my needs, but it would be great to have an alternative.
- blinkingled 14y ago
  All of those things work great on my x220.
- dwiel 14y ago
  All of those things work out of the box on my T420s
- Symmetry 14y ago
  Yes, all those work on my new T430s. Just be sure not to get a model with NVidia graphics.
- marekmroz 14y ago
  Joining the chorus of positive feedback, everything (including all things you specified) work out of the box in 12.04 on x61s. To be fair, there is a known bug in resume from sleep/hibernation, but it is not particular to ThinkPads but to Intel GPUs.
- gsnedders 14y ago
  External monitors are still annoying in my experience, and the only problem I had with sleep was the VirtualBox kernel module causing issues (though you can, if you're willing to edit config files, unload it upon suspend, avoiding any issues). Apart from that, I've not had much in the way of issues with my T410 over the past two years.
- krenel 14y ago
  My expirience (x201 Lenovo laptop) with external monitors is excellent. I use 'grandr' for setting up the VGA display and I'm used to work with the maximum resolution supported by the laptop (2048x1536) and works smoothly and fine. Sleep mode and WiFi works natively too. I have had some problems with hibernate mode but I'm not using anyway. The only think you cannot use under Linux is the fingerprint reader. Everything else works like a charm.
- evandena 14y ago
  Oh god, you just reminded me of one of my biggest OS X gripes (before the iOS assimilation and lawsuits).... clam shell mode. What a PITA trying to invoke that was.
- serge2k 14y ago
  haven't tried external monitor, but yes to the other two.

Usually Lenovo laptops have a very good support for Linux. I have a x201 and everything works perfect under Debian/testing. I encourage you to give it a chance.

by krenel 14y ago

Usually Lenovo laptops have a very good support for Linux. I have a x201 and everything works perfect under Debian/testing. I encourage you to give it a chance.

doktrin 14y ago

Out of curiosity, does "everything" include seamless external monitor support, sleep on lid-close and working wi-fi? I am not being flippant at all, however the above constitute the reasons I moved away from a Linux laptop 3 years ago (and, conversely, will not move back until their resolution). Thus far OSX works for my needs, but it would be great to have an alternative.

blinkingled 14y ago
All of those things work great on my x220.
dwiel 14y ago
All of those things work out of the box on my T420s
Symmetry 14y ago
Yes, all those work on my new T430s. Just be sure not to get a model with NVidia graphics.
marekmroz 14y ago
Joining the chorus of positive feedback, everything (including all things you specified) work out of the box in 12.04 on x61s. To be fair, there is a known bug in resume from sleep/hibernation, but it is not particular to ThinkPads but to Intel GPUs.
gsnedders 14y ago
External monitors are still annoying in my experience, and the only problem I had with sleep was the VirtualBox kernel module causing issues (though you can, if you're willing to edit config files, unload it upon suspend, avoiding any issues). Apart from that, I've not had much in the way of issues with my T410 over the past two years.
krenel 14y ago
My expirience (x201 Lenovo laptop) with external monitors is excellent. I use 'grandr' for setting up the VGA display and I'm used to work with the maximum resolution supported by the laptop (2048x1536) and works smoothly and fine. Sleep mode and WiFi works natively too. I have had some problems with hibernate mode but I'm not using anyway. The only think you cannot use under Linux is the fingerprint reader. Everything else works like a charm.
evandena 14y ago
Oh god, you just reminded me of one of my biggest OS X gripes (before the iOS assimilation and lawsuits).... clam shell mode. What a PITA trying to invoke that was.
serge2k 14y ago
haven't tried external monitor, but yes to the other two.