Re: [External] Re: ThinkPad laptops preinstalled Linux

[Mark Pearson <markpearson@lenovo.com>]

Hi Martin

On 6/5/2020 11:03 AM, Martin wrote:
> On 2020-06-03 13:39, Mark Pearson wrote:
> > I'm the linux technical lead at Lenovo for the PC team and I'd 
> > *love* to improve the Debian experience on Lenovo platforms.
>
> Very welcome!
>
> Just to add some praise here: I'm using X220 at home and X220 at 
> work, one with Debian testing, one with Debian stable. Both work very
> well. X220 is still the perfect computer for me. If one ever breaks,
> I'll try to get a used, second hand X220, again.
>
> Now a critical remark: Last time, when I had to buy a Lenovo notebook
> computer for a colleague in DE, it was not possible to select one
> without MS Windows. That option was only available for university
> students. Why do we have to pay the Gates tax?
That is definitely getting fixed. (though I'm intrigued about the
university student deal - that's not something I had heard of) You may
have seen the announcement a couple of days ago about the RHEL/Ubuntu
full certification of workstation platforms. There will be other bits of
news coming out soon too. You will be able to buy a Linux system
(albeit not Debian) soon.

As a note (it's usually the next question) - I don't know the pricing
details but I'm hoping it will be announced in the not too distant future.

Mark