I just wanted to make a post in appreciation of the beautiful experience of running Linux on a Thinkpad as a main system. I picked up my X1 Extreme 2nd gen (now known as the P1) in 2019 and never even booted its Windows OS. Pop!_OS went into it immediately and it has only let me down once (grub screw up that was relatively easy to fix). I’m looking at this system that has been in constant use for almost seven years and I just cannot find a reason to upgrade to the P1. It’s just flawless.

Linux on a Thinkpad is the ultimate workhorse IMHO.

  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    i used popos when i had a system76 machine because of the support and always wondered what others get out of it if they don’t have the support. is it preferable to ubuntu or fedora or any other distro for any particular reason?

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlOP
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      4 hours ago

      Interface. Mint if you are coming from Windows. Pop!_OS if you are coming from MacOS. Neither is identical to the inspiration, but they each offer a smoother pathway from their respective inspirations.