On 23 June 2010 07:50, Chris Liddell <cjl@???> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: trotter <m.nuttall@???>
>> Sender: hampshire-bounces@???
>> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:54:20
>> To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List<hampshire@???>
>> Reply-To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List <hampshire@???>
>> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Lenovo laptops
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>> Lenovo thinkpads usually work well with Linux hence a Linux Thinkpad list.
>>
>> linux-thinkpad@???
Ubunutu runs great on my W500. Have you looked at
http://thinkwiki.org ?
Anton
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