[ltp] T580 Debian stretch

[Joerg Bruehe]

Hi!

On 31.05.2018 22:51, Mark Dymek wrote:
> I want to dual boot windows 10 and Debian. I know Lenovo has good 
> support for Linux but is there any special drivers or anything I need to 
> do to get it working on the T580?

I'd expect basic Linux to work immediately with a Thinkpad.
For this, "basic" _ex_cludes hibernation and suspend as well as 
accelerated graphics.
I have no idea whether recent Windows tunings (no proper shutdown, SSD 
caching a rotating disk, ...) will cause trouble.

I'm running a T530 with dual-boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (to 
be upgraded soon) without any issues. I intentionally avoided additional 
graphics controllers.

> 
> I got the 4K screen along with the nvidia MX150. The MX150 is what gives 
> me pause I know nvidia isn’t known for good Linux support.

 From following the literature, my impression is that this is mostly 
distribution-dependent. I don't expect Debian to spend effort on 
integrating a non-free Nvidia driver into their distribution, but AIUI 
Ubuntu does. I have no idea about the others (Fedora, OpenSuSE, ...).

HTH,
Jörg

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