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I must point out that this does NOT cover ThinkPad T and X series. From the press release:

> Our entire portfolio of ThinkStation and ThinkPad P Series workstations will now be certified via both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu LTS – a long-term, enterprise-stability variant of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.

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The press release also said "Lenovo is moving to certify the full workstation portfolio for top Linux distributions from Ubuntu® and Red Hat® – every model, every configuration." so I guess the question is: Are only ThinkPad P series laptops considered workstations OR is the plan to bring it to other ThinkPads as well in the long run?

Yes, the P series are considered mobile workstations[1].

T series = business X series = ultraportable

[1] https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/c/LAPTOPS#view-all

Yes, but note that the P1 workstations are pretty much the same as the X1 Extreme series (but with Nvidia's Quadro "workstation" GPUs rather than Nvidia's "customer" GPUs.)

All the X1's I've seen come with Intel Integrated Graphics.

nvidia have always been a hassle to use.

It looks like the customizable variant of the P1 Gen 2 has different GPU options (including iGPU-only) based on what processor you choose, while the X1 Extreme Gen 2 has a Geforce 1650 in all configurations.

If I had known that when I was picking out an X1 for work, I would have pushed a P1 with no dedicated GPU instead.

The 14" X1 Carbon does indeed come with Intel integrated graphics, but I was specifically referring to the 15" X1 Extreme.

(Also, what pentium166 says.)

This makes sense.

The amount of fine tuning I had to do for my X1 7th generation with Ubuntu 19.10 was almost unbearable. Sound still is not working properly, the internal mic is still not working at all.

My T480s had 0 issues with Debian 10. It doesn't have a fingerprint reader which I hear is a main bug a boo with Thinkpads.

Same with my T470P, it works out the box.

The only thing I had to do was compile a module for also so I got high quality aptx Bluetooth for my wireless headphones but that’s an IP issue not something I can blame Fedora or Lenovo for.

My T470P with Fedora is as little issue as my work issued 16” MacBook Pro.

There are multiple issues with X1s on 19.10:

- Fingerprint reader - Sound - Microphone

I'll see what 20.04 can help with.

Ditto. No issues with my T480 and Fedora -- 100% out of the box. Previous thinkpads did fine with Ubuntu and Fedora as well.

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