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> Maybe a few hundred people buy this Thinkpad model/variant to run Linux

My employer alone would be responsible for several hundred X1 Gen 10s running Linux across various parts of our company, I suspect.

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My employer easily thousands. Maybe tens of thousands.

Now imagine if all that money went to a vendor that actually cared

It's capitalism. Nobody actually cares.

I'm very happy with my personal X1 Carbon, too. I'm very much NOT happy with the Librem laptop.

I personally am glad to live in the days when Linux is an option and will be quite annoyed if it goes away again due to others' short-sightedness.

> NOT happy with the Librem laptop.

Then choose a different one?

> It's capitalism. Nobody actually cares.

Right, for Leovo anyway. So long as you continue to give them your money in exchange for lackluster Linux support, you will continue to get lackluster Linux support.

I get orders of magnitude better support from Lenovo than Librem. And that's just from the company. And the community is also much better for Lenovo, support wise.

>> NOT happy with the Librem laptop.

> Then choose a different one?

I did. Lenovo. I don't have a problem.

> I personally am glad to live in the days when Linux is an option and will be quite annoyed if it goes away again due to others' short-sightedness.

Lenovo's Linux market is huge. It's not going away. People buy them because they work great with Linux.

My own experience is the polar opposite, so YMMV.

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