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Re:VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO by gkhartman on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @12:56AM (#46298721)
If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up buying, and what was lacking support? I'd expect full support from one of the "Linux first" suppliers like System76.
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Re:VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO by cabirum on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:17AM (#46299818)
MIPI camera on my 3 year old Thinkpad still does not work
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Re:VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO by pcdoyle on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @01:14AM (#46298804)
I just got a ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 and the only thing I had to fix/install manually was the driver for the fingerprint reader (fprintd). Everything else just worked, including my docking station and ultra wide monitor.
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Re:VA Linux: The biggest dotcom IPO by ghaff on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @07:50AM (#46301399)
It helps to look for things that have some level of official backing. Dell has some models for Ubuntu and Red Hat uses various ThinkPads for employee Linux laptops. (Lot more Macs as well when I left but still plenty of ThinkPads that are overwhelmingly Linux.)
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