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[–] Keshara@piefed.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lenovo (as far as I'm aware) still has the Ubuntu deal going where you can order a new ThinkPad with Ubuntu pre installed 

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Only with certain models, sadly. Mine was not available with anything but W10 Pro, 3y ago. Zero support for Linux.

Also linux support for cellular models is atrocious, so I had to go with (k)ubuntu, even though I didn't want to. Even then, it was more difficult than it should have been (didn't work out of the box). Everything else worked fine on all distros and flavors I checked, but none else got the modem working (eventually).

But also, after that TP and then buying and returning two more (known cooling issues that Lenovo denies, and a custom build that they didn't activate or provide a key for W10 Pro!), they will have to give me a free, top-tier machine to potentially get me as a customer again. Cs was nice but everything else is a dumpster fire.

The TP is on its second battery too - the first was replaced after 6 weeks. I never left the house with it, and yet it went from 3h to 20m capacity in that amount of time. The replacement did the same thing...

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Makes sense, I never bought from Lenovo directly (mine's a refurb), but I wouldn't be surprised to learn Lenovo started doing it before Dell.

[–] Keshara@piefed.world 2 points 4 days ago

Without researching it, I'm not sure who did it first, but I have a feeling it was Lenovo.

I've also never ordered from them directly either, imo a brand new T series ThinkPad is a horrible investment, I just let someone else lose the thousands and pick up a year old barely used on the second hand market for (I'm in Australia) 1.5k - 2.5k less than retail typically.