[rockymeza]

would you trust your Linux installation if Lenovo had installed it?

[mr337]

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.

[rifung]

No but I would at least have more confidence in the driver support for the hardware included.

[dorfsmay]

You can check the http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki for compatibility issues before you buy.

[nemoniac]

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.

[superuser2]

If Microsoft forced them to.

[thinkmassive]

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.