Lenovo Announces 27 Systems To Ship With Ubuntu Pre-Installed

[shmerl]

I don't see Linux option here: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops...NUS0/customize

Am I missing something?

[sarmad]

This is some serious competition to System76 and the likes. Now they need to solidify their offerings with better build quality. It will be hard for flex keyboards and cheap plastic to compete against Thinkpads.

[shmerl]

Oh, I missed this detail:

These systems with Ubuntu all won't be available today but the planned rollout is to be done in phases between now and through 2021.

That would explain it. Either way, it's a good development.

[edwaleni]

I see the broad adoption of Linux in the OEM space as a good thing because it means better device support for the newer accessories or specific functions sooner as opposed to later.

No more trial and error to try and find out why some obtuse device from some OEM doesn't work correctly.

I am tired of certain contract assemblers who pay a dev to write a Windows driver for some weird device and a Linux user spends 2 weeks to 2 months searching comment boards for an answer.

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

This is some serious competition to System76 and the likes. Now they need to solidify their offerings with better build quality. It will be hard for flex keyboards and cheap plastic to compete against Thinkpads.

The build quality on my work T480 is hardly world beating, and these things are getting harder to service yourself all the time. I broke one of the many infuriating plastic clips the first time I opened it, despite doing so gently with an actual pry tool. Then there's the soldered RAM and other interesting decisions. But yes, all the smaller Linux laptop/desktop makers are certainly going to struggle to compete on price with Lenovo / Dell / etc. who have tiny margins but huge volume.

[M@GOid]

This is some serious competition to System76 and the likes. Now they need to solidify their offerings with better build quality. It will be hard for flex keyboards and cheap plastic to compete against Thinkpads.

Modern Thinkpads dodn't have the construction quality of yore. My T430 do flex the keyboard a bit and is not a tank in terms of flexing, despite having a magnesium chassis.

[ElectricPrism]

Lenovo Group Limited, often shortened to Lenovo, is a Chinese multinational technology company. Incorporated in Hong Kong, it has global headquarters in Beijing, China, operational headquarters in Morrisville, North Carolina, US, and an operational center in Singapore. Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo

Major bummer that Lenovo is doing this because they are essentially CCP China. After their human rights abuses of their own Uigher citizens, brutal violence, rape and murder against UK colony Hong Kong, hostility toward Taiwan, violence & murder in India, and harassing and threatening the world at large I avoid supporting these clowns.

Chinese Han Supremacy & Chinese Fascism is as real as Third Reich National [NA] Socialism [ZIs].

Their censorship & propaganda has brainwashed them into thinking "Han Chinese" is a Master Race, they are told "they are the best" and people buy goods because "Other races bow to us". Fascist thinking leads to violence and genocide.

Fuck Fascist CCP China. Fuck Han Supremacists. Fuck CCP Companies.

Edit: I realize this is a strong message, but I feel as it relates to Linux & Technology that we can't afford to condone these predatory behaviors. If the CCP optimizes the world in its image I see no room for Open-Source Software or Linux. The two cannot co-exist in overlap, because one optimizes Total Control, and the other optimizes Total Freedom. It's critical and timely under these present circumstances that this by my response and I strongly appeal that you make it your response to these human rights abuses aswell.

[bug77]

You're not bothering to read what I actually wrote, so shut the fuck up.

He never does, just ignore him.
His only point is everything should be Fedora and Gnome, he can't post about anything else.

[dxin]

I have the T14 AMD but even with 5.8 kernel (20.10 build) I still have problems. Sometimes the lid sensor doesn't activate and I'm left without LCD backlight and keyboard. Sometimes there's no signal to the external display connected to the mini dock. Really don't think Lenovo did enough testing on 20.04 for this gen but hopefully they get it right for 20.10.

[bug77]

I have the T14 AMD but even with 5.8 kernel (20.10 build) I still have problems. Sometimes the lid sensor doesn't activate and I'm left without LCD backlight and keyboard. Sometimes there's no signal to the external display connected to the mini dock. Really don't think Lenovo did enough testing on 20.04 for this gen but hopefully they get it right for 20.10.

Sounds more like you've got some shoddy contact somewhere in there. Still poor QC on Lenovo's side if that's the case.