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Re:Ask HN: Ultrabook for programming? by RossBencina on Friday January 20, 2017 @08:41AM (#13443678)
> Linux support on Lenovo laptops is pretty good overall

T series and X series sure. I'm not sure that the same applies to Lenovo's consumer laptops. For example, some of last year's models initially only supported Windows, although a separate Linux BIOS was issued later.[0]

[0] http://www.pcworld.com/article/3139812/laptop-computers/afte...

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Re:Ask HN: Ultrabook for programming? by yellowapple on Friday January 20, 2017 @01:20PM (#13445726)
ThinkPads are probably fine. It's the IdeaPads that are usually terrible even with Windows.

Typing this from a ThinkPad E545 running Slackware. Works like a charm (though OpenBSD was far less successful; the installer kernel panics pretty much immediately after the bootloader).

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