Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-10-01 Thread Scott Robbins
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 06:19:04PM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Only other problem I had was I got the high-res display, which made my > favorite terminal font (classic X bitmapped font "fixed" aka 6x13) too > small to comfortably read. :) Solved that by just doubling the font > size to 12x26!

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-10-01 Thread Michael B Allen
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 11:58 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > It's worth mentioning again that Dell is one of the companies doing the > development for the bits that don't work, and that those drivers are often > the ones that get Lenovo equipment going, too. Lenovo does

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Rob Kampen
On 01/10/16 05:02, Michael B Allen wrote: Ok, I see a lot of nice answers here so I would like to try to refine this a little. After some research I was going to skip Lenovo. People are clearly having problems running Linux on Lenovos. I spoke with one person that had a really hard time with

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 09/30/2016 09:02 AM, Michael B Allen wrote: My feeling is it takes at least 1 year before the kernels have the necessary updates. ... The key features for me are: * 1080 display or 900 would be acceptable but definitely not 768 (this rules out Toshiba) * Good keyboard with mouse buttons

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Michael B Allen said: > The key features for me are: > > * 1080 display or 900 would be acceptable but definitely not 768 (this > rules out Toshiba) > * Good keyboard with mouse buttons (Lenovo has always had superior > keyboards and fortunately that have

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Michael B Allen
Ok, I see a lot of nice answers here so I would like to try to refine this a little. After some research I was going to skip Lenovo. People are clearly having problems running Linux on Lenovos. I spoke with one person that had a really hard time with their X250. However, I think a lot of problems

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Michael B Allen
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Michael B Allen wrote: > * RJ-45 (this rules out a LOT of laptops including Dell) Correction. The Dell Latitude 14 7000 has RJ-45 on the back. It is very comparable to the Lenovo T460 actually. Anyone run CentOS successfully on either of these?

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 09/30/2016 06:22 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: X1 Carbon Generation 3 and lower work (with CentOS-7). Does it? When I set up CentOS on a 2nd-generation X1 Carbon, the NIC wasn't supported and the keyboard didn't work after suspend. I think there were other problems as well, but those are the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Fri, September 30, 2016 8:22 am, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 09/29/2016 08:34 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >> I've had success on "older" model Lenovos.(T-410 / T-420 / T-430) >> but anything beyond those seems to have some issue or another. I was >> even able to swap the standard drive

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Roger Wells
On 09/29/2016 08:55 PM, Michael B Allen wrote: > Is anyone running CentOS on a newish Thinkpad? > > I have been using Linux as my primary workstation since about 97 and > it seems like using Linux as a desktop has slipped over the years. > After the Gnome desktop dumb-down, I have been nursing

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 09/29/2016 08:34 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > I've had success on "older" model Lenovos.(T-410 / T-420 / T-430) but > anything beyond those seems to have some issue or another. I was even able to > swap the standard drive to an SD (250GB) on a T-430 and it's running g like a >

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Mike
Another 2 cents if you want it -- No Lenovo laptop experiences; only deployed some refurb desktop models --- all work well with CentOS/Fedora. I've deployed several AMD-based Toshibas over the last 2 years and think they're a good value. I've read many criticisms of their build and components

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Michael Cole
I have had good experiences with Lenovo, and I was IBM before, the quality was passed over, even the phones are good. One thing is they kept the Idea's of a solid machine, did not do a cheap copy, They purchased a good product and kept it up from my experience, The Acer I use at times has

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-30 Thread Timothy Murphy
John R Pierce wrote: > I have not much cared for Lenovo since IBM sold out to them. I haven't noticed any change in quality at all. I guess the IBM laptops were always manufactured in China anyway. There seem to be more problems running CentOS and Fedora on new laptops, but that lies in the

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-29 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
I've had success on "older" model Lenovos.(T-410 / T-420 / T-430) but anything beyond those seems to have some issue or another. I was even able to swap the standard drive to an SD (250GB) on a T-430 and it's running g like a champ. A lot of the newer stuff is OK as long as you don't have

Re: [CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 9/29/2016 5:55 PM, Michael B Allen wrote: It seems optical drives are gone. Do I boot the iso from USB or what's the procedure now? yup, put iso on USB, go to town. Generally seeking new laptop advice. If Lenovo is not good is anyone using Toshiba? I have not much cared for Lenovo since

[CentOS] CentOS on new Thinkpads

2016-09-29 Thread Michael B Allen
Is anyone running CentOS on a newish Thinkpad? I have been using Linux as my primary workstation since about 97 and it seems like using Linux as a desktop has slipped over the years. After the Gnome desktop dumb-down, I have been nursing CentOS 6.8 on a 5 yo Toshiba. So I was hoping that someone