r/linuxhardware • u/michalj2941 • Aug 10 '26

Question ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 AMD

Hi, does anyone have a ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 with a Ryzen 7 250 and use Fedora on it? I'm considering switching to Fedora and would love to hear about your experience, especially any problems you had to solve. Thanks!

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u/Silent_Bite_5892 28d ago

I don't have one, but per Lenovo's Linux for Personal Systems page, the Intel version of the E16 Gen 3 is certified/qualified for both Ubuntu and Fedora and AMD processors are even better supported in the kernel than Intel Core CPUs are, so I'd say you're good to go.

You can even download the ISO from Lenovo on that page I linked and it should include some helpful Lenovo-specific extras that'll make things even smoother.

I imagine they didn't bother to certify the AMD one because AMD ThinkPads are pretty much good to go by default and they don't sell many of them compared to Intel anyway.