No Windows spyware, Linux and -$211 cheaper.
8 Likes
Wish more companies offered this. It makes adoption much easier.
2 Likes
I went and tried to confirm
I went and clicked build on the cheapest Thinkpad model which I feel the majority which are budget buyers would lean on, and yeah:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21L7CTO1WWUS1
Boom, Ubuntu Linux!
But No Fedora so it doesn’t seem to be every model.
However I have to agree with @universal-exports , this is genuinely sick and wish more companies as big as Lenovo would do this or heck if they were offered in store.
Even it is enough for me if my retailers were to be selling the Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS 
2 Likes
Yep.
That said, I still feel simply getting a Frame.Work laptop would be significantly better for you with respect to the long term use of a computer. This way, you can get better speced machines but you can justify the price for how long the device as a whole will last you (on Linux at-least). And the only other cost are small every couple years or so if you want to upgrade stuff in it. So, on a time frame of 5-10 years, Frame.Work is better and cheaper.
1 Like
That is nice it is offered in your region, I have the option of windows 11 , 11 pro or no operating system (~$100 cheaper). Dell offers linux versions though.
1 Like
Dell too? Hmm I guess Linux really is getting kind of a mainstream attention huh…
1 Like
Nope. These big companies only offer them in very small quantities for developers. It is not quite meant for everyday folks (from the POV of these companies, as much as we’d like to think otherwise).
well I didn’t mean to say explicitly does, I’m just saying Maybe it does but not by alot, but yeah makes sense.
1 Like
With the tarriff situation and uncertainty, pricing and availability may be even more in question and iffy.
I imagine pricing will go up, but considering that taxes are already part of computers msking it high priced for me, it feels a bit negligible. However the availability concerns me more.
Computers will always be available. Maybe not near you all the time but available nonetheless.
Is it the same Lenovo that shipped test Secure Boot PKs on a regular basis and whose laptops have a multitude of firmware vulnerabilities never fixed? Security theater for morons.
What are you referring to exactly?
1 Like