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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Dell definitely has an option for Ubuntu as a default install, but it's definitely not the norm. Not sure about Lenovo, but I can tell you Linux runs great on Thinkpads (my daily driver is a T14 with Cinnamon Mint).

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  • [+] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
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    Only with certain models, sadly. Mine was not available with anything but W10 Pro, 3y ago. Zero support for Linux.

    Also linux support for cellular models is atrocious, so I had to go with (k)ubuntu, even though I didn't want to. Even then, it was more difficult than it should have been (didn't work out of the box). Everything else worked fine on all distros and flavors I checked, but none else got the modem working (eventually).

    But also, after that TP and then buying and returning two more (known cooling issues that Lenovo denies, and a custom build that they didn't activate or provide a key for W10 Pro!), they will have to give me a free, top-tier machine to potentially get me as a customer again. Cs was nice but everything else is a dumpster fire.

    The TP is on its second battery too - the first was replaced after 6 weeks. I never left the house with it, and yet it went from 3h to 20m capacity in that amount of time. The replacement did the same thing...

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