Re:Suspend for the X1 Carbon 2018 on Linux
by estebank on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @02:44PM
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The T440 is no longer being manufactured (the current model is T480). I have a refurb T460 at home[aside] which works great out of the box with any Linux distro and has a keyboard that is a pleasure to use when contrasted with most laptops out there. And the repairability also means that you can buy a cheaper model and only once you need it extend the sdd/ram when you need it.
[aside]: it has a top IO panel that every now an then decides to stop working, including the power button mouse and keyboard, although usb ports continue to work. The only option at that point is to hard reset (I carry a paper clip in my keychain :-/). Haven't found an explanation for the problem. If anyone here has any ideas, please reply. I've googled all around. I have found no correlation with anything so far.
Re:Suspend for the X1 Carbon 2018 on Linux
by kajecounterhack on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:26PM
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X1 Carbon 5th gen had some kinks at first but has been serving me well w/ Ubuntu for a year now. Managing the HiDPI display has been the only real headache -- if I could go back in time I'd have gotten the 1080p screen instead of the high res one.
Besides that when I say it works, I mean it really works. Even the 4g card I added worked out of box on Ubuntu!
Re:Suspend for the X1 Carbon 2018 on Linux
by brongondwana on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:48PM
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Yeah, that's why I got the 1080p screen :) Learned my lesson with the 2nd gen - that was a piece of crap.
Unless I'm playing Counter Strike on the X230, which runs great all things considered, I never ever hear the fan. Wireless and thankfully wired connections are spotless too, though the X230 doesn't have 802.11ac as far as I know.