[TriLUG] Lenovo and LINUX

Fri Jun 5 18:53:24 EDT 2020

>
> 1) you can order these workstations and P-series Thinkpads with Ubuntu LTS
> or RHEL *preinstalled*.  This opens Linux up to a much larger customer
> base.

Subtle point here: This means you don't have to dedicate a partition to the
Windows install in order to keep your warranty in tact.

The commitment to *support* a system without relying on "...*well, try it
under Windows*..." shows a sense of confidence and maturity I've been
waiting a long time for a major vendor to demonstrate.

On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 6:04 PM Wes Garrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Respectfully, I think some folks are missing the point.
>
> Of course people have run Linux and other *nixes on all manner of PCs and
> laptops for years.
>
> The important differences here are:
> 1) you can order these workstations and P-series Thinkpads with Ubuntu LTS
> or RHEL *preinstalled*.  This opens Linux up to a much larger customer
> base.
> 2) it is officially supported so all drivers will work, including the
> fingerprint reader
> 3) they are contributing drivers and other software back upstream
> 4) this will benefit other Thinkpads/workcenters, and probably other PCs as
> well.
>
> If this benefits RHEL, it will certainly benefit Centos.  If it benefits
> Ubuntu, it will probably benefit Debian.
>
> Will all drivers be FLOSS?  Unknown.  But it's a start, and that's welcome.
>
> -Wes
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:07 PM Pete Soper via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > In vaguely 2001 or 2002 I met a professor at a conference and he was
> > running Linux on a T series IBM laptop. When we last met in maybe 2005
> > he was still hauling that thing around with a few hundred thousand miles
> > on it. Lots of duct tape holding it in one piece at that point but it
> > was still working. My point is that Linux was solid on that laptop
> > series long before Lenovo came to town.
> >
> > I wish the fingerprint reader worked too. That and some hassles with
> > Bluetooth are the only issues I've had with my (Lenovo) T440s and T520
> > models. With an E531 it took literally years to figure out how to
> > disable the touch pad gesture recognition. Until then it was not usable
> > without an outboard mouse.
> >
> > -Pete
> >
> > On 6/4/20 11:18 AM, Steve Holton via TriLUG wrote:
> > > I've had Linux on the Lenovo W701 since it came out in 2010.
> > >
> > > Never had a problem except for lack of support for the fingerprint
> > reader.
> > >
> > > Still my daily workhorse.
> > >
> > > I wonder if they'll extend support backwards to legacy equipment like
> > mine?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:10 AM via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> "Lenovo" has supported Linux since it was IBM! My first IBM ThinkPad
> ran
> > >> Linux flawlessly, outta the box.
> > >>
> > >> -- Roger Broseus
> > >> Pls excuse auto-correction induzed tiepos.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Z-man via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> > >> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> > >> Sent: Thu, 04 Jun 2020 7:55 AM
> > >> Subject: [TriLUG] Lenovo and LINUX
> > >>
> > >> Very good article and offers a possibility of LINUX desktops being
> "the
> > >> thing."
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/03/lenovo_certifies_all_workstations_for_linux/
> > >>
> > >>
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