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Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions (eWeek)

Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions (eWeek)

Posted Feb 19, 2008 19:10 UTC (Tue) by johnkarp (subscriber, #39285)
In reply to: Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions (eWeek) by rfunk
Parent article: Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions (eWeek)

Summary: They seem to like it overall, for example they liked that it 
booted much faster than Windows, but complained about some features 
documented to be missing:

    * ThinkVantage Active Protection System.
    * ThinkVantage Access Connections for SUSE Linux
    * ThinkPad Configuration for SUSE Linux
    * ThinkPad Power Manager for SUSE Linux
    * Wireless WAN Adapter
    * ThinkVantage Button
    * (Intel Graphics System) DVI Output

And they couldn't get Xen to work.

I found SUSE as an option on their custom builds a week ago, with a 
four-week delay, but it has since disappeared, even though their T-series 
blurb mentions it being an option still. It was an option alongside 
windows in the customization, and it was the least expensive OS option.


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