[Discuss] A laptop for Linux

[rohan2jos at gmail.com (Rohan Joshi)]

Yep I had my mother's old T60 but I acted in haste, returned it to her
before coming to USA and bought the yoga 2 13, thinking that I'd be better
off getting a new system for school.
As it turns out, getting Linux to work with ultrabooks is a hassle. I tried
the WiFi blacklisting solution, but I was not able to get a stable WiFi
connection. Ultimately I reverted to Windows, only to find out that WiFi
had stopped working completely.
Sadly, like a typical Windows user, I had to call lenovo and send the
machine back. They sent me a working system and I'm stick with windows as
my main OS.

The T60 was amazing and linux worked out of the box.
So if I can get my hands on a thinkpad then that's wonderful. The only
reason I'm apprehensive about used systems is that if it dies in the middle
of my course, I'm done for! Hence I was thinking of buying a new system and
selling the yoga away.

Rohan
On Jun 22, 2015 11:50 AM, "Jack Coats" <jack at coats.org> wrote:

> I have a fairly recent T-series. T540p.  When I have to, the pad works
> once I got used to it.   I saw where Lenovo is taking a hint and going back
> to 'real buttons' on the trackpad, so I would look for that before
> jumping.  I just didn't know better and trusted Lenovo to not do something
> to far off the beaten path. I use it mainly in a docking station with a
> regular USB mouse.  I also do dual-boot using Linux Mint as my main OS but
> to help diagnose issues for friends, I keep Winders installed and try to
> boot and update it at least monthly.
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Rohan Joshi <rohan2jos at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am tired with the Lenovo systems and the various issues that keep
>> > coming up.  (I have tried on the yoga 2, the flex and the Y series).
>>
>>
>> The enterprise T-series Lenovo had been fine, but I'm hearing the
>> latest models that no longer have mice buttons aren't up to the old
>> standard. The last of the old enterprise models are still in refurb
>> channels.
>>
>> System76, ZaReason, and Emperor Linux are the three Linux-first
>> integrator-retailers. I haven't had the pleasure of buying from them
>> yet - i'm cheap enough i like refurb :-) - but when i next need to
>> upgrade, there i may have to look them.
>>
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