The Real Lenovo Laptops - Blank Disk, No Linux

wehe writes "A post from two weeks ago mentioned Lenovo Preloading SUSE Linux on ThinkPad notebooks. But in an interview with LinuxPlanet, Rajat Aggarwal, Lenovo's worldwide product manager for ThinkPad T Series, said that Lenovo will sell the new T60p laptop both on its Web site and through its direct and indirect sales channels. 'But we are not pre-loading it with Linux,' he told LinuxPlanet. Still, Lenovo will be breaking new ground with the level of support given to Linux by a major laptop manufacturer, according to the worldwide product manager."

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Drivers!

[Enoxice]

FTFA:
"Moreover, all Linux drivers needed for the T60p will be downloadable directly from Lenovo's Web site. "

Awesome. My school is giving these laptops to students this coming year. Assuming Ubuntu doesn't have my drivers ready for me at that point, I'm glad the OEM has my back.

But I am curious: will Lenovo only support SuSE? Or will the support extend to basic question about any distro? I mean, it's kinda strange to support one OS that your laptops DON'T ship with, but not another one....

Re:Thinkpad & Ubuntu

[HalfStarted]

For more information on the fingerprint reader see: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerpri nt_Reader. As mentioned already it works great as a PAM element and isn't all that hard to get running.

Also in general ThinkTWiki is a very good site for information about Thinkpads and LINUX.