Hi,
I've used IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads exclusively for about 7 years now -
because I *hate* touch pads, I can use the track points, and the
Thinkpads are now the only laptops I can find that use track points.
Anyway, I've had a total of eight, of various vintages from a TP 530, up
to the recently introduced X100e, and they have all run Linux (various
flavours: currently Ubuntu, but also Debian, RedHat/Fedora, Slackware).
The only one I've had a slight problem with is the X100e which, being a
very new model, the Linux Thinkpad support hasn't quite caught up yet -
but even it mostly works, certainly well enough for me to use it for work.
They are relatively expensive, but I believe the build quality is second
only to the aluminium unibody MacBooks.
Oh, they are generally fairly easy to dismantle (in laptop terms), with
plenty of web pages showing how, and no self destructive plastic clips
or the like.
I love 'em!
Chris
On 23/06/2010 02:41, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed a mixture of Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 on a number of older Lenovo machines (T42, X31) and they all worked first time.
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> Cheers,
> Paul.
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> At 22:29 22/06/2010, you wrote:
>> I'm thinking of getting a Lenovo ThinkPad SL510. General googling
>> indicates linux should work ok with it. However; I was wondering if
>> anyone had any good or bad experience with Lenovo laptops and linux?
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> Lenovo thinkpads usually work well with Linux hence a Linux Thinkpad list.
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