Linux on a T520

2011-08-25 Thread KevinO
Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a dual-boot machine. (pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit) What I'm mostly wondering about is hardware compatibility and whether a bleeding-edge distribution like Fedor

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-25 Thread mike enriquez
Kevin, I have a 64bit windows 7 laptop running vmware. I installed RedHat Server 6.1 on it and it seems ok. My vmware is 64bit but I installed 32 bit Red Hat on it. Good Luck. Mike Enriquez On 08/25/2011 06:53 PM, KevinO wrote: Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? I'm thinking o

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-25 Thread Stephen
I have had very good luck with ubuntu on just about all laptop hardware I have used. On Aug 25, 2011 7:12 PM, "KevinO" wrote: > Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? > > I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a > dual-boot machine. (pre-installed wit

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-25 Thread Joe zagar
On 8/25/2011 6:53 PM, KevinO wrote: Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a dual-boot machine. (pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit) What I'm mostly wondering about is hardware compatibility and whether a

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/25/2011 08:42 PM, Joe zagar wrote: > I have a 520 64 bit, Intel i7, Windows 7 pro, running Ubuntu under Virtual Box > and everything works fine. > Thank you for the data point. -- KevinO --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread Michael Butash
Check out thinkwiki: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki Dell is usually about the best for linux compatibility, but ibm's tend to be good, at least before lenovo borg'd them Problem is typically with laptops quirky bios/acpi functions that don't allow it to sleep, hibernate, or shut

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread AZ RUNE
There is always the StratPro13 from ZaReason for thinkpad action like laptop Brian http://zareason.com/shop/Strata-Pro-13.html On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 7:11 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > Check out thinkwiki: > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/**ThinkWiki >

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread Stephen
Also an idea is to look at system76.com as they build Linux laptops specifically im willing to be they have the support for hardware clean and ready and they have some nice machines for the price. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plu

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread Dennis Kibbe
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 18:53 -0700, KevinO wrote: > Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? > > I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a > dual-boot machine. (pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit) > > What I'm mostly wondering about is hardware comp

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/26/2011 09:07 AM, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 18:53 -0700, KevinO wrote: >> Anybody running Linux on a Lenovo Thinkpad T520? >> >> I'm thinking of ordering one while they're on sale and then turning it into a >> dual-boot machine. (pre-installed with Windows 7 Pro 64 bit) >> >

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread KevinO
On 08/26/2011 10:16 AM, KevinO wrote: > I went ahead and bought it directly from Lenovo, configured as above except > with > Win 7 Pro pre-installed, for $1300. I got a little over $100 extra off > because of > the educational discount. > Oops, I left out one of the discounts. I actually got it

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread Dennis Kibbe
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:18 -0700, KevinO wrote: > On 08/26/2011 10:16 AM, KevinO wrote: > > I went ahead and bought it directly from Lenovo, configured as above except > > with > > Win 7 Pro pre-installed, for $1300. I got a little over $100 extra off > > because of > > the educational discount.

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-08-26 Thread Josh Coffman
I have the T510 running Ubuntu 11.10 beautifully. No hardware problems and wifi just works too. It was purchased as a win developer's machine so no special consideration for linux was given. On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:18 -0700, KevinO wrote:

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-09-03 Thread Eric Shubert
On 08/26/2011 07:11 AM, Michael Butash wrote: HP still takes the approach "no one uses linux so screw it". They're fat and happy collecting microsoft taxes - never again will I buy from them. Which has led them to getting out of the consumer market. HP will be focusing on enterprise and da

Re: Linux on a T520

2011-09-04 Thread Michael Butash
Thing that companies like HP don't get - I *am* the enterprise and data center market. If I had these problems on a $300 frys special, I'd just rack it up to experience. This laptop has a retail price of $4200 dollars as an "enterprise class elitebook" (acquired via ebay at less than a quarte