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Re:Lenovo ThinkPad T460 – A Good Linux Laptop for Development by lobster_johnson on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:09PM (#13304020)
Dismissing anecdotes about failure as FUD is not constructive. FUD is first and foremost a business tactic.

Sure, anecdotes aren't necessarily that useful. For every happy Mac user there seems to be an angry one who always had hardware problems, for example. But it's not exactly news that Linux has issues with hardware compatibility. It's the nature of the beast, really; Apple is able to target a very specific configuration, whereas Linux has to work on any old crappy Windows PC.

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Re:Lenovo ThinkPad T460 – A Good Linux Laptop for Development by ronjouch on Monday January 02, 2017 @03:34PM (#13304247)
> "Dismissing anecdotes about failure as FUD is not constructive. FUD is first and foremost a business tactic."

Hm, reading {your, UnoriginalGuy, mwfunk} comments, I realize "FUD" is a loaded term. I was using it literally, missing the strong stuff associated with it. Point taken, thanks.

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