I have a question about a Lenovo ThinkPad X230 laptop. I have Fedora KDE 43 installed on the HP laptop I have and I’m testing Silverblue. However, if I buy one, I’d install Silverblue and want to see how it performs in both normal and virtual environments. I’ll test it with Fedora to see if there are any issues. The second laptop I’m considering is the HP ProBook 450 G8 i5-1135G7, and I have the same question about compatibility with Fedora. Does anyone in the community use one? What are your impressions?
Both are second-hand
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I know this site, my laptop that I use is also there, but I’m looking for information from Fedora users, and because I would like to see how Lenovo will work with Fedora
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I currently have COSMIC Atomic running on a Gen 13 X1 Carbon. I had Silverblue installed on a Gen 12. I have never had an issue installing Fedora on ThinkPads. ThinkPad support for Linux in general is excellent.
Thank you very much for the information
Every Lenovo laptop has different components. And every kernel update might change what is supported. You can see the lenovo tag to see what problems people encounter. Recently I have noticed sleep and hibernate problems.
As @ilikelinux pointed out, the LInux Hardware is the best site to look at. Fedora users leave feedback there, as do users of other distros.
I have not found one company that always provides full support for Linux. Each vendor has good and bad models. You need to assess on a case by case basis - not a vendor basis.
My personal recommendation is that cheaper laptops can still offer a good level of support.
Maybe the shop you buy from will let you start up a LIve USB of Fedora, or offer a return if it does not suit your needs.
Used “enterprise” grade laptops a few years old are often a good choice for linux because they use higher quality components and have been around long enough to have probes in https://linux-hardware.org and also problem reports in vendor or distro forums. Fedora often runs newer versions of kernels and libraries, but the majority of issues with hardware support are shared across multiple distros as they catch up with Fedora. To understand problems with network, bluetooth, display, and audio devices for a particular model does require some research using vendor and distro forums. Arch and OpenSUSE forums often have excellent discussions of issues (along with Fedora).
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I’m considering buying a used laptop or a store in my city (mediaexpert) so I can test it. I noticed from this website about hardware for Linux that all Lenovo models with a fingerprint reader have an error. Why choose Lenovo and not buy the same HP model that runs flawlessly under F ver 43? I’ve read so much about the Think line… I want to check… Therefore, I want to test SilverBlue in real conditions.
The love of Thinkpads goes back to when they were owned by IBM and there were limited high quality laptops about.
Is it the same situation today? My personal view is that it is virtue signalling.
I respectfully disagree. I loved what made an IBM ThinkPad a ThinkPad (keyboard, blue enter key, boxy shape, lots of ports…) but modern ThinkPads are still superior to 99% of what’s out there on the market. Still the best keyboard you can buy. Superb build quality, highly durable, outstanding OLED displays. My opinion is that they are expensive but provide value for the money. Personally I wouldn’t own anything else.
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