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Looks like a fantastic Linux laptop.

A few minor remarks:

1. There seem to be minor issues around suspend (e.g., audio issues on resume, cannot yet disable suspend-on-lid-close [1])

2. As noted in the article, this is not a "classic" Thinkpad. As a consequence, some "classic" Thinkpad things may not yet work on Linux (e.g. fan control [1])

As usual, always check the amazing Arch Wiki before any laptop purchase for Linux compatibility.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_Z13

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For context (in case anyone thinks I'm nitpicking and all laptops are horribly supported on Linux): Basically everything works on the Thinkpad X1 Carbon [2], even the latest model (Gen11) as long as you buy the right one (no MIPI webcam).

Unfortunately, Lenovo refuses to put AMD processors in X-series thinkpads (its top-of-the-line laptops).

[2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Carbon_(...

The T14s has AMD, is much cheaper and having owned both I can't really see a difference. Maybe a few mm thicker.

The T series and the W series are the only Thinkpads I ever considered. They are built to be maintainable and somehow upgradable. The sleeker X series make too many compromises (like soldering the RAM) to be so sleek, and it's not something I value at all.

(Typing this from a T14 running Linux.)

t14 amd has ram soldered now.

Only half of it; I was able to add another 16GB.

it was likely intel t14 or pre gen3 model. I read in many sources that they now have some soldered low power ram for amd.

Nitpick on the Nitpick, x1 are their thinnest, not necessarily top of the line laptops :-)

There's a fairly straightforward set of compromises between thin, powerful, repairable, between X, Ts, T proper, P, etc.

What's with the X1s having such crappy screen resolutions (1920x1080)?

My practically ancient Carbon X1 Gen 7 (2019?) has a screen of 2560x1440. You can't even buy a MacBook Air even at that poor a resolution nowadays.

P1 Gen3 w/ 4k OLED, best laptop I've had in my life. It gets a bit noisy and hot though.

Liked it so much I bought a 2nd as hot spare. Everything works with Debian stable. Do I wish it was AMD based? Yes. 8C16T + 64GB is still a lot of awesome.

Edit: As a warning, the display is so good you will have to purchase all new displays everywhere else in your life.

It's unfortunate that these are the same issues I had 18 years ago.

I have a ThinkPad Z13 as well[1] and, at least on openSUSE Tumbleweed, there are no suspend issues that I can find. Everything works as it should out of the box.

[1] Two, actually, since my wife has one as well.

Yes some of the suspend/audio issues are indicated as distro-dependent. But have you tried to disable suspend-on-lid-close? If that works for you as well, please let me know.

Never tried, but let me know how and I can give it a shot.

Thanks! On systemd-based systems:

    in /etc/systemd/logind.conf:                                       
        HandleLidSwitch=ignore
        HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
        HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore

Then:

    systemctl restart systemd-logind

In addition, some desktop environments may also trigger suspend. If so, there should be options in the power settings menu.

Like the other person, I too have a Z13 and don't have any suspend/resume issues on Nobara (a Fedora spin). I can't speak about fan control though, haven't tried messing around with it but the fan seems to work just fine as intended - spins up when needed, quiet otherwise.

Were you able to disable suspend-on-lid-close? If that works for you, please let me know.

Yep, just tested this and disabling suspend works. I'm on KDE btw, disabled it via the GUI.

It's more manual, but I love that "sudo systemctl hibernate" works reliably on my X1 Carbon Gen6.

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