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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by nemoniac on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:51AM (#9499542)
I've had a bunch of Lenovo Thinkpads. Each time, the first thing I do is wipe it and install Linux.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by loudmax on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:58AM (#9499595)
Thinkpads have long had good driver support for Linux. Pity they don't sell a Linux notebook like Dell Sputnik.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by rockymeza on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:01PM (#9499619)
would you trust your Linux installation if Lenovo had installed it?
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by mr337 on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:08PM (#9499679)
Just receiving the new sputnik, oh hell no, the Ubuntu install was so broken. The benefit of shipping it with Linux is at least they made a decent attempt to work with Linux. Why an attempt? See first sputnik laptop.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by rifung on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:49PM (#9499974)
No but I would at least have more confidence in the driver support for the hardware included.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by dorfsmay on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:25PM (#9500275)
You can check the http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki for compatibility issues before you buy.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by nemoniac on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:17PM (#9499746)
Nope, not Lenovo nor any other company.

In this day and age, I don't see how any (profit-based) company would provide a clean and trustworthy install.

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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by superuser2 on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:02PM (#9500078)
If Microsoft forced them to.
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Re:Lenovo: researchers find 'massive security risk' by thinkmassive on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @01:39PM (#9500381)
Regardless of whether you trust the pre-installed software, it would assure that the hardware and firmware are compatible with Linux. Whether they rely on proprietary drivers is another question though.
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