Linux 5.4 Bringing Support For Lenovo's "PrivacyGuard" On Newer ThinkPads

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 5.4 Bringing Support For Lenovo's "PrivacyGuard" On Newer ThinkPads

Newer high-end Lenovo ThinkPad laptops feature an option called "PrivacyGuard" for restricting the usable vertical and horizontal viewing angles of the LCD display, similar to what has been achievable previously using film covers and the like. With Linux 5.4 this feature will be supported by the kernel if concerned about others looking over your shoulders at your screen, etc...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Lenovo-PrivacyGuard-Linux-5.4

[M@GOid]

The Thinkpad T495 with a Ryzen CPU is out and to those waiting for a decent laptop with Ryzen to buy, now is the time:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo....434716.0.html

They are saying is a better buy than the Intel equivalent.

[andrei_me]

The Thinkpad T495 with a Ryzen CPU is out and to those waiting for a descent laptop with Ryzen to buy, now is the time:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T495-Review-business-laptop-with-AMD-processor-long-battery-life-and-good-display.434716.0.html

They are saying is a better buy than the Intel equivalent.

I'm holding off the buy because new APU will come in the next 6 months, with Zen 2 and all the sparks, and my old trusty Ivybridge can handle until then

[tildearrow]

Wait so TN/IPS is capable of tweaking the viewing angle now?

[Girolamo_Cavazzoni]

It's rather a separate layer on top of the display layer.

[RussianNeuroMancer]

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204743

I wonder if anyone will ever implement HP SureView support?

[Guest]

tildearrow - I was wondering about that too. TN panels provide this functionality for free, thanks to bad viewing angles. I thought at first it was switching between TN and IPS panel type.

[tildearrow]

It's rather a separate layer on top of the display layer.

Please quote. I don't subscribe to threads and hence I never knew you replied.