news.zdnet.co.uk— Chinese computer supplier Lenovo has denied reports that it is planning to stop offering Linux on its range of PCs and laptops.
Jun 5, 2006View in Crawl 4
While they are still pretty awesome laptops, I have noticed a decline in quality. I've noticed more broken pixels than used to be common on their LCDs (not only in laptops) and more difficulty when replacing parts under warrenty. But, with that said, I'd get one! (the ThinkPad... not the other Lenovo laptops) But I do worry that in the future they may not be so easy to configure Linux out of the box like the older IBM ones, which based off of my experience just seemed to work great with Linux.
I was recently considering switching to comcast as my ISP. Over the phone, I asked the salesperson if they supported Linux. His response was that they did not support Linux, but he was quick to point out that it does work with Linux and that, in fact, that is what he uses. ;-)I get the feeling that official Linux support is not too far off from all this tech providers.
Nowhere to be found on the UK site. I guess it's a case of one of these awkward conversation with a sales person that doesn't really know whether they do it and needs to talk to his manager and so on and so on....
leofreyedJun 6, 2006
While they are still pretty awesome laptops, I have noticed a decline in quality. I've noticed more broken pixels than used to be common on their LCDs (not only in laptops) and more difficulty when replacing parts under warrenty. But, with that said, I'd get one! (the ThinkPad... not the other Lenovo laptops) But I do worry that in the future they may not be so easy to configure Linux out of the box like the older IBM ones, which based off of my experience just seemed to work great with Linux.
ethnicmanJun 6, 2006
The quality is the same. Lenovo has always made the thinkpads. They just split off and became an independent company rather than owned by IBM.Raoul
justathoughtJun 6, 2006
I was recently considering switching to comcast as my ISP. Over the phone, I asked the salesperson if they supported Linux. His response was that they did not support Linux, but he was quick to point out that it does work with Linux and that, in fact, that is what he uses. ;-)I get the feeling that official Linux support is not too far off from all this tech providers.
dukeinlondonJun 6, 2006
Nowhere to be found on the UK site. I guess it's a case of one of these awkward conversation with a sales person that doesn't really know whether they do it and needs to talk to his manager and so on and so on....