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Lenovo is joining Dell in the "OEM Linux Laptop" club:
It looks like Lenovo may upstage Dell as the big name in OEM Linux laptops—not counting specialty retailers like System76, of course. Red Hat and Lenovo are announcing pre-installed and factory-supported Fedora Workstation on several models of ThinkPad laptops at Red Hat Summit this week.
Dell's Linux support has generally been limited to one or two very specific laptops—first, the old Atom-powered netbooks and, more recently, the XPS 13 Developer Edition line. Lenovo is planning a significantly broader Linux footprint in its lineup.
Fedora Workstation will be a selectable option during purchase for the Thinkpad P1 Gen2, Thinkpad P53, and Thinkpad X1 Gen8 laptops—and Lenovo may offer even broader model support in the future. Lenovo Senior Linux Developer Mark Pearson, who will be the featured guest in the May 2020 Fedora Council Video Meeting, expresses the company's stance on forthcoming integration:
Lenovo is excited to become a part of the Fedora community. We want to ensure an optimal Linux experience on our products. We are committed to working with and learning from the open source community.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 29 2020, @11:55AM (1 child)
Speaking of System76 we're in the market for a new laptop and I'm determined to get something like that instead of the usual suspects. Can anyone speak to their machines vs., say, Purism's? I mean, we can all look at specs, but I'm curious what the user experience has been.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Wednesday April 29 2020, @01:59PM
I can't say anything personal about it as I've only bought from the big vendors. However, the podcasts I listen to (mostly the linux shows from Jupiter Broadcasting) lead me to believe they are of similar or better quality than Purism's laptop and with a more solid company backing their product.
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