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Anything Lenovo usually does. I've got a T61 and an X220 tablet here which everything in Ubuntu 12.04 works fine. The only problem I've had was connecting to a
by eckyptang 14y ago
Anything Lenovo usually does. I've got a T61 and an X220 tablet here which everything in Ubuntu 12.04 works fine.
The only problem I've had was connecting to an SSTP VPN but that was resolved easily with an ssh tunnel.
- macco 14y agoAnything Lenovo based in Intel preferable with internal graphics.
- jlgreco 14y agoI have heard that Intel Atoms with internal graphics should be avoided since the graphics on those is not actually Intel's doing, though my eeepc with an Atom/internal graphics works fine.. maybe I got lucky. I wouldn't recommend getting a Lenovo with an Atom anyway though, if they even sell anything with Atoms (mostly just from a "If you are going to spend money, spend some money" standpoint.
- macco 14y agoThis could be true, I was referring to iCore chips.
- jlgreco 14y agoYeah, those are all a dream and that situation is only going to be improving with all the Valve/Intel stuff going on.
- eckyptang 14y agoI'd just buy a second hand Intel core based lenovo rather than a new atom one. The market is saturated with Lenovo kit so it's very cheap.
- thebigshane 14y agoAnother happy linux user on Intel Atom Asus eeepc 1215N. It has done well with Arch and Ubuntu.
- LinXitoW 14y agoI'm thinking it depends on your graphics card. I have the nvs 8400m in me T61 and it's giving a heck of a lot of problems. For example, connecting an external screen means fudging with the xconf. Also screen brightness doesnt work. Probably all the fault of the proprietary drivers, so it just goes to show that you'll have to pick your laptop wisely if you want Linux running on it.
- eckyptang 14y agoYeah I avoided the external graphics T61. Anything that isn't integrated is a PITA on a laptop. I have an Intel integrated one.
- antihero 14y agoAvoid low end consumer. My G575 basically sucks.
- takluyver 14y agoOn the other hand, my G530 works just about flawlessly, although a separate wireless keyboard was minor trouble to get set up.
- eckyptang 14y agoYes they are horrible machines. I don't think Lenovo actually manufacture those themselves.
- iand 14y agoI love my G570. Great value for money. My expectations aren't higher than the price I paid for it.
- lazydon 14y agoX230 is reported to have freeze issues with ubuntu 12.04 though
- prof_hobart 14y agoMy wife's got a Lenovo laptop and upfortunately the trackpad is appalling. Not just worse than my MacBoook Pro, but worse than the bottom of the range Tesco/eMachines laptop that she had before it.
- eckyptang 14y agoWhich model. If it's a G-series, you're probably right.