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minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoThinkpads are supposed to be good (never tried), but i have a normal lenovo ideapad, and there’s no firmware update on LVFS… I had to update the bios using a windows boot disk, and one time it screwed up grub and debian couldnt boot until i fixed it with a liveCD
minus-squareaim_at_me@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoI must have had 6 thinkpads by now. All have been excellent linux machines.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI’ve had more drama getting clean Windows ISOs to install on modern Thinkpads than I’ve ever had issues with Linux.
Thinkpads are supposed to be good (never tried), but i have a normal lenovo ideapad, and there’s no firmware update on LVFS…
I had to update the bios using a windows boot disk, and one time it screwed up grub and debian couldnt boot until i fixed it with a liveCD
I must have had 6 thinkpads by now. All have been excellent linux machines.
I’ve had more drama getting clean Windows ISOs to install on modern Thinkpads than I’ve ever had issues with Linux.