@vwbusguy
I didn't find the option when buying recently and shortly after was told by #Lenovo support that they don't support #Linux.
This was a #Legion9 which I've had for about a month.
I'm dual booting #Ubuntu 24 and it is good enough. Good enough that I've not bothered looking for any drivers yet and loving the super fast development.
@WestphalDenn I just bought a #Lenovo #Legion9 and had the opposite experience.
I keep hearing people say things about #Linux v #Windows which aren't true, and in a recent discussion they turned out to be out of date opinions from someone not using it.
Obviously you were, but I take issue that it's only good for basic tasks. I do all sorts and it just gets better while Windows degrades and spys.
W11 cursor was jerky, sending all cicks home. Noticeably faster when I switched to #Ubuntu 24.
Five days since my #Legion9 #i9 laptop arrived and I put #Ubuntu24 on it, then my data, dev tools etc.
Status:
- most things just work: Canon printer, disk mounting, USB devices etc and I figured out how to configure the 🎄 keyboard/led modes. Minor foibles like Dash-to-panel settings missing sometimes.
Boy is it fast. LLM answers instant (no CUDA yet), build flies etc.
- internal speakers not working but I have also a Bluetooth speaker. Trackpad too, so bought USB mouse+TP.
I could just sit here watching my 32 cores in htop.
The #Legion9 is snappy. I'll try it on some LLMs when my mobile b/b manages to download them and the CUDA drivers. That part is still slow. (I'm off-grid and not paying Elon for Starlink).
I have had a new laptop for a day, and it's shit-hot!
Clearly aimed at gamers but the best spec I could find for development.
I went #Lenovo #Legion9 (max), rather than #Dell for the first time because the spec, and the fact my last Dell is faulty after 6 years (whereas my previous 15yr Dell is still perfect).
Lenovo support is poor, outsourced, unhelpful and knows less than I do.
Windows 11 was the only option, so no Ubuntu drivers. But ok, except the trackpad so far, USB devices on order.
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