Bradley D. Thornton via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote:
HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Acer, ASUS...
To some degree Microsoft has cut off its nose despite its face, what
with all the above manufacturers and more embracing various Linux
distros as default when ordering desktop and laptops, and in the case
of Samsung, no longer bundling Microsoft products with their Androids.
At least this makes hardware compatibility easier. Some of the above
vendors also certify some of their hardware to run Linux, which I assume
entails at least minimal checking for driver compatibility.
Long story short, I think we're going to be seeing a bit of a reprisal
in Linux install fests while the need for LUGs to host these events
increasing during the Windows 11 fallout.
I think that's a reasonable expectation. i didn't appreciate until
recently to what extent Linux can extend the useful lifetime of old
hardware. One of my machines is a Lenovo ThinkPad P51, the version with
ECC memory modules and the Intel Xeon CPU. It isn't officially supported
by Windows 11 (though it runs perfectly well with Microsoft's official
work-around, but that may not last). However, I primarily run Linux on
it, and this will remain supported until the kernel community decides
otherwise, or driver maintenance becomes unreliable. The hardware may
fail before then.
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