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Posted by frogg

- April 25, 2020, 19:52:41

Very positive news from Lenovo. Only seems logical when almost 2/3 of the servers they sell are running Linux. Support on Thinkpads makes it easier for developers. 2 reasons i'm buying Thinkpads are 1) Linux support 2) trackpoint. I have a Thinkpad X1 Tablet, Ubuntu runs fast and i'm more comfortable with the 3:2 screen ratio than the silly 16:9.

Posted by davidm

- April 25, 2020, 14:49:20

0.0% chance of me buying any computer that doesn't have a trackpoint. They are awkward at first but a really smart way to integrate pointing and typing. Thinkpad is a fantastic line, with real roots in design to the start of notebook days, when Lenovo tried to mess with it their consumers let them know. They are strictly function dictates form, except for concessions to fashion on a few of their models. 16:10 would be nice, hopefully some competition will bring it about.

Posted by A

- April 25, 2020, 13:07:45

Quote from: Ngoro on April 25, 2020, 12:48:54
can we get rid of this stupid clit in the center of the keyboard too ?

Then is there a point in calling them Thinkbooks anymore?

Posted by Ngoro

- April 25, 2020, 12:48:54

can we get rid of this stupid clit in the center of the keyboard too ?

Posted by kony

- April 25, 2020, 06:42:21

Good news. This will also ensure their hardware is well compatible with linux (which is usually the case anyway, but not always)

Posted by jeremy

- April 25, 2020, 06:01:52

Quote from: henry james on April 25, 2020, 05:13:55
these laptops are toast before they're even released in light of Dell's recent leaks... 16:10 screens, thin light and powerful 17"... and by the looks of it upgraded keyboards and trackpads.
Lenovo may have good engineering, but they have pretty hopeless 'product design' (i don't mean the physical design of the products, i mean the actual vision: the people responsible for identifying the shape of things to come: product-market fit with what users want; building their lineup based on an active conversation with their users)

Are you telling me that people don't want a Lenovo Macbook with Thinkpad retro branding? The red rubber has to go - and what's that silly square port on the side of these laptops? Get rid of it! I want them round, like they are on my Macbook.

/s, incase if it wasn't obvious enough already.

Posted by henry james

- April 25, 2020, 05:13:55

these laptops are toast before they're even released in light of Dell's recent leaks... 16:10 screens, thin light and powerful 17"... and by the looks of it upgraded keyboards and trackpads.
Lenovo may have good engineering, but they have pretty hopeless 'product design' (i don't mean the physical design of the products, i mean the actual vision: the people responsible for identifying the shape of things to come: product-market fit with what users want; building their lineup based on an active conversation with their users)

Posted by Redaktion

- April 24, 2020, 23:14:47

Lenovo and the Fedora Project have teamed up to deliver a run of Fedora ThinkPads. Pre-installed with Fedora 32 Workstation, the ThinkPad P1 Gen 2, ThinkPad P53 and ThinkPad X1 Gen 8 will be available to purchase globally.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-and-Fedora-Project-confirm-partnership-for-Fedora-versions-of-the-ThinkPad-P1-Gen-2-ThinkPad-P53-and-ThinkPad-X1-Gen-8.462891.0.html