[throwaway-9320]

I must point out that this does NOT cover ThinkPad T and X series. From the press release:

> Our entire portfolio of ThinkStation and ThinkPad P Series workstations will now be certified via both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu LTS – a long-term, enterprise-stability variant of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.

[xkr47]

The press release also said "Lenovo is moving to certify the full workstation portfolio for top Linux distributions from Ubuntu® and Red Hat® – every model, every configuration." so I guess the question is: Are only ThinkPad P series laptops considered workstations OR is the plan to bring it to other ThinkPads as well in the long run?

[miahi]

Yes, the P series are considered mobile workstations[1].

T series = business X series = ultraportable

[1] https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/c/LAPTOPS#view-all

[JoachimSchipper]

Yes, but note that the P1 workstations are pretty much the same as the X1 Extreme series (but with Nvidia's Quadro "workstation" GPUs rather than Nvidia's "customer" GPUs.)

[jopsen]

All the X1's I've seen come with Intel Integrated Graphics.

nvidia have always been a hassle to use.

[pentium166]

It looks like the customizable variant of the P1 Gen 2 has different GPU options (including iGPU-only) based on what processor you choose, while the X1 Extreme Gen 2 has a Geforce 1650 in all configurations.

If I had known that when I was picking out an X1 for work, I would have pushed a P1 with no dedicated GPU instead.

[JoachimSchipper]

The 14" X1 Carbon does indeed come with Intel integrated graphics, but I was specifically referring to the 15" X1 Extreme.

(Also, what pentium166 says.)

[chinathrow]

This makes sense.

The amount of fine tuning I had to do for my X1 7th generation with Ubuntu 19.10 was almost unbearable. Sound still is not working properly, the internal mic is still not working at all.

[jjuel]

My T480s had 0 issues with Debian 10. It doesn't have a fingerprint reader which I hear is a main bug a boo with Thinkpads.

[noir_lord]

Same with my T470P, it works out the box.

The only thing I had to do was compile a module for also so I got high quality aptx Bluetooth for my wireless headphones but that’s an IP issue not something I can blame Fedora or Lenovo for.

My T470P with Fedora is as little issue as my work issued 16” MacBook Pro.

[blaser-waffle]

Ditto. No issues with my T480 and Fedora -- 100% out of the box. Previous thinkpads did fine with Ubuntu and Fedora as well.

[chinathrow]

There are multiple issues with X1s on 19.10:

- Fingerprint reader - Sound - Microphone

I'll see what 20.04 can help with.