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Re:Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 by wmf on Sunday November 08, 2026 @01:34AM (#50410947)
Unfortunately this has been going on for 20 years and people refuse to learn.

"My [GPU/whatever] doesn't work right"

"Why don't you buy hardware that officially supports Linux?"

"I couldn't possibly"

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Re:Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 by oefrha on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:39AM (#50411463)
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Re:Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 by skywhopper on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:09AM (#50412243)
Wild to limit yourself to what the manufacturers “officially support”. May as well just run macOS with that attitude.
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Re:Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 by renehsz on Sunday November 08, 2026 @09:07AM (#50413502)
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Re:Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3 by PennRobotics on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:58AM (#50423913)
I bought multiple ThinkPads with official Linux support that had diverse, show-stopping bugs. If ANY feasible alternative to Lenovo existed, I would've switched five years ago.
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