| I switched to linux about a year ago (after 4 years with Mac and 10 years with linux before). However, transition was anything but smooth. I have Thinkpad X1 Carbon 7th Gen and there was plenty of issues, especially with audio/hardware support. For example: - Laptop has 4 speakers and it took months until they started working properly - There is weird cracking when using headphones (need to run command to fix it) - Attaching/detaching headphones will reset volume (created acpi hook which will change volume for me) - Fingerprint sensor not working (fixed now) - CPU throttling (need to use throttled fix) - Sleep/Suspend issues (fixed now) - Of course some minor scaling issues But in general, I'm very happy with my setup. I know about every service running and every package installed. This way I can keep my system lean and super fast. Also, big thanks to people updating Arch Wiki, otherwise I would be completely screwed. |
I'm with ya. I mostly get around the issues by using the Creative BT-W3 with my wireless headphones. I have to have the device to use bluetooth audio with openbsd anyway.
Everything else is fixed. I just bought my 7th Gen a month or two ago -- it pays to buy laptops at the end of their product cycle. Likely I paid almost half what you did for my laptop.