[ltp] Re: New ThinkPad series

[Christoph Bier]

Robert Tomsick schrieb am 28.03.2011 17:14:

> On Mon, 2011-03-28 at 16:50 +0200, Christoph Bier wrote:
> 	
>> I was looking for a new ThinkPad for a friend and found that there's
>> no R series anymore. SL, Edge and L series are new to me. Which of
>> them is best supported by Linux? The laptop should run Ubuntu (which
>> does a great job on my X200s) ...
> 
> They're all supported to some extent, but the SL series uses the IdeaPad
> BIOS and isn't as well supported a real ThinkPad (i.e. a T, X, or W
> series).  As I recall, the practical upshot of this is that volume and
> brightness control are a bit wonky (I know there were patches that
> worked around some of the issues, but I have no idea if/when they were
> picked up by distros/mainline.)

Thanks!

> Personally, I'd recommend avoiding all three and getting one of the more
> traditional ThinkPads.  You'll get a better quality notebook *and*
> better Linux support.

I'm sure you're right, that's why /I/ chose an X200s. But she can
not afford one of the better series ...

Best
Christoph
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