Lenovo Shipping Ubuntu Linux on 2019 ThinkPad
I own an 4K X1-extreme, which is basically the P1 without the Quadro card and Xeon/ECC option.<p>I run Ubuntu 19.04 on it and have so many problems.<p>- Grub has ridiculous performance issues on 4K screens, it renders at less than 1 fps, making it a real pain to do anything in it.<p>- You can't update the bios through Linux, the update tool is windows only.<p>- The Lenovo TB3 dock never works properly.<p>- The dual GPU situation (Intel + nVidia) requires all sorts of hacks to make it somewhat workable.<p>- The power usage is an abomination under Linux as it can't properly scale the nVidia GPU.<p>- Working with the TPM under Linux feels hacky, but maybe that's mostly due to my lack of experience and the lack of documentation.<p>OK, so all these problems are all due to my specific situation (running dual boot, and an external 4K display through the TB3 dock), but I really, really hope they start fixing these issues if they are going to officially support Ubuntu.<p>One plus though: due to the high power consumption under Linux, the coil whine is a lot less notable...