On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:47:16 +0000 "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in > > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, > > but very soon got supported better and better by the testing > > distribution. When Bullseye got released, it was fully supported. > > > > Results may vary: cheap Lenovo may be a very different experience to > Thinkpad. There is a quality difference which depends on original price, > I think. To clarify: the difference is not necessarily between price points but between the various series, i.e., between the highly regarded ones such as the T, X, and W ThinkPad lines, and the lesser ones such as the IdeaPad and ThinkPad E lines. The L series ThinkPad is apparently in-between. See, e.g.: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/5662i5/how_much_worse_is_the_lseries/ > All the very best, as ever, > > Andy Cater > > > > I would assume that Lenovo machines generally are supported well by > > Testing in a short time frame and can grow into a stable system. ;-) > > > > Christian > > > > Am 09.11.21 um 16:17 schrieb Tom Browder: > > > My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running > > > Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), > > > but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a > > > standby replacement. > > > > > > I would appreciate any recommendations for that. I have looked at both > > > Emperor Linux and System 76 over the years. They always seem a bit > > > pricey, but I'm willing to bite the bullet now if I have to--I'm getting > > > too old to waste time on problem installations now. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -Tom > > > Celejar
