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Lenovo Starts Fresh OEM Linux ThinkPad along with ThinkStation PCs

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Expand / / No, that is not a pink panther–which catlike critter is a fossa, and it is equally mascot and default background of Ubuntu 20.04, preloaded with this Thinkpad P920. (charge: Lenovo)

Beginning now, Lenovo provides a significantly expanded array of OEM Linux PCs into the public. Before this season, Lenovo started offering Fedora Linux preinstalled on notebook programs such as Thinkpad P1 Gen 2, Thinkpad P54, and Thinkpad X1 Gen 8. Today’s statement makes Ubuntu Linux on a much wider swath of desktop and notebook PCs.

ThinkPad T14 (AMD and Intel) ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5 ThinkPad P1 Gen 3
ThinkPad T14s (AMD and Intel) ThinkPad L14 ThinkStation P340
ThinkPad T15p ThinkPad L15 ThinkStation P340 Tiny
ThinkPad T15 ThinkPad P15s ThinkStation P520c
ThinkPad X13 (AMD and Intel) ThinkPad P15v ThinkStation P520
ThinkPad X13 Yoga ThinkPad P15 ThinkStation P620
ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 ThinkPad P17 ThinkStation P720
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 ThinkPad P14s ThinkStation P920

The apparatus themselvesand their Ubuntu certificates –are not new, however, the general public access is. Formerly, these programs were only accessible to business customers via habit bid, however, the 27 new versions –largely containing Ubuntu 20.04, but for the L series notebooks containing Ubuntu 18.04–may now be available for retail purchase via Lenovo.com. Just beware of this footnote warning that a number of models might be restricted to certain markets.

Though it’s been easy for individual clients”in the know” regarding enterprise-only design certificates to purchase those machines using Windows and set up Ubuntu themselves, the newest OEM app removes roadblocks in equally understanding which systems to get and obtaining mill service on them installed.

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