On 2023-09-14 10:08, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
- do buy a model that supports Linux (look at the PSREF to see if Linux is listed as an OS). Otherwise, Linux will probably work, but not for support.
FWIW, I bought my ThinkPad E520, about 12 years ago and it works fine with Linux. I also bought one (R31 IIRC) over 20 years ago, when IBM was still making them. It also worked fine. Back in the late 90s, I worked at IBM Canada, as an OS/2 product specialist, where most of my work was on ThinkPads. They actually encouraged us to work with Linux on company time. I would periodically receive packs of various Linux distros in my mail slot and we'd try them on various models. The only issue I came across was I had to edit a file, to get the computer to work with token ring. In my experience, ThinkPads in general work well with Linux. Of course, there may be exceptions I don't know about. However, if you're worried about having Linux on a computer for warranty purposes, then just save an image of the disk and put it back on before such service.
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