from Hacker News

Lenovo laptops “refuse” to install Linux

by xufi on 9/21/16, 6:33 PM with 3 comments

  • by sigmar on 9/21/16, 6:41 PM

    >"I understand why the buyers feel aggrieved and surprised," said Chris Green, an analyst at the business consultancy Lewis. "But at the same time they bought a machine with a pre-installed version of an operating system.

    ^ Just because it comes bundled with windows doesn't mean it should be inoperable with other software. I'm sure this guy shouldn't be considered an "expert" on this topic.

  • by ocdtrekkie on 9/21/16, 7:01 PM

    Facts here: http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html

    As I initially suspected when I heard this story, this is more that they use a funky driver, and Linux doesn't support it out of the box. (Believe it or not, neither does Windows!) The Surface Pro 4 also uses NVMe, and things like Acronis had to release software updates to add support for working with it.

  • by StyloBill on 9/21/16, 6:39 PM