[GTALUG] Repair & Replace

[James Knott]

On 2023-09-14 10:08, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> - do buy a model that supports Linux (look at the PSREF to see if 
> Linux is listed as an OS). Otherwise, Linux will probably work, but 
> not for support. 

FWIW, I bought my ThinkPad E520, about 12 years ago and it works fine 
with Linux.  I also bought one (R31 IIRC) over 20 years ago, when IBM 
was still making them.  It also worked fine.  Back in the late 90s, I 
worked at IBM Canada, as an OS/2 product specialist, where most of my 
work was on ThinkPads.  They actually encouraged us to work with Linux 
on company time.  I would periodically receive packs of various Linux 
distros in my mail slot and we'd try them on various models.  The only 
issue I came across was I had to edit a file, to get the computer to 
work with token ring.  In my experience, ThinkPads in general work well 
with Linux.  Of course, there may be exceptions I don't know about.  
However, if you're worried about having Linux on a computer for warranty 
purposes, then just save an image of the disk and put it back on before 
such service.