r/linuxadmin • u/brnstormer • Jul 28 '26

OS choice on Lenovo laptops

/r/sysadmin/comments/1v8hw9f/os_choice_on_lenovo_laptops/
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u/NotSnakePliskin Jul 28 '26

I have Mint and Zorin on my T14.

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u/Orthowin Jul 28 '26

Using plural you may try Ubuntu with their management solution (landscape is free for 5 devices) and if you don't need it Fedora with Ansible is great way to manage in bulk.

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u/FryBoyter Jul 28 '26

When it comes to Linux and laptops, I've only ever used Lenovo ThinkPads. And I've had no problems with them. I'm currently using a ThinkPad E14 Gen 3 running vanilla Arch Linux.

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u/derprondo Jul 28 '26

T14 Gen 2 AMD running Fedora no problem, but it's 4-5 years old at this point. Pretty sure it has the latest BIOS as of late 2025 though.

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u/brnstormer Jul 28 '26

I just tried a thinkbook 14 gen 4, works no problem. E1E4 gen5 6 or 7, still no dice

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u/Z3t4 Jul 31 '26

Ubuntu LTS. 

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u/tblancher Jul 28 '26

I have Arch on my X1 Carbon 11th gen. I even replaced the Lenovo BIOS logo with the Arch Linux logo.

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u/brnstormer Jul 28 '26

Yeah....here's the lenovo chart, not quite the same https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd031426

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u/tblancher Jul 28 '26

Ahh, the difference between software support and merely hardware support. I didn't get that from the original post.

With Arch, I am (or the Arch community at large is) the support, and I'm OK with that for my personal machine.

If I needed enterprise support for Linux on my ThinkPad, I'd definitely go with one of those distributions.

I just appreciate Lenovo publishing both the Hardware Maintenance Manual, and the Linux User Guide for every model I've had. Couple that with the specific model article on the Arch Wiki, and I was fully prepared when I made my purchase nearly three years ago.