I don't know about this article. I bough a 3rd gen Thinkpad Carbon earlier this year and Ubuntu runs better than Windows 10 on it. Not a single crash. The only thing that doesn't work out of the box is the fingerprint reader. Not that it doesn't have some rough edges, but this is enormous progress compared to just a few years ago, and the fact that it runs better than the OS _the laptop was designed for_ is a testament to that.
A few years ago I wanted to buy a ubuntu laptop and while researching Thinkpads always came up as the best choice. So I guess your perspective may be a little skewed.
I add multiple data points in the form of an X32, a X61, an R61i, an X200 and a X220 all running Ubuntu perfectly. The only real problem is running Windows or Mac software which is always doable but somewhat clunky under Wine or in VMs. If Adobe and a couple others made linux versions of their software and Lenovo stopped messing around with their Thinkpads, the laptop issue would be solved forever.
Thinkpad 750 ('95), dell something(until 2000) and then thinkpad x24, x31, t42, x200 tablet, x230 (not good), x220
Basically with various forms of linux - Mandrake, Redhat and then Ubuntu for the past decade. Rule of thumb is to pick thinkpads (or business class laptops) and pick Intel hardware where possible.
The article is just as data free as my single data point. My experience contradicts it. I use Linux _everywhere_ these days, on the desktop, on the laptop, and on my workstation at work. It works well. It's just not Windows, which seems to be the author's main consternation.
>The article is just as data free as my single data point.
No it isn't. The article contains links that confirm most of the problems it mentions. The problems may not affect you, but they definitely exist, and you can't dismiss them just because your laptop works properly.
