[kwlug-disc] Local linux friendly PC vendors

[Doug Moen]

CSD is Computer Service Depot, csdepot.com

FPR is Fast Pataphysical Reticulator. For interfacing with Ouija boards and the like. A little known Thinkpad benefit.

TLP might be battery power optimizer, not sure: https://linrunner.de/tlp/

CN must be Canadian National, how else did it get delivered from a BC port, right? (They are shipped from China.)

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi Ron: I'm in need of some acronym expansion... I'm guessing CSD != 
> Computer Shop Depot, FPR != Fancy Plug Receptacle, TLP != That Linux 
> Program, CTO =? Chief Technology Officer, CN != Canadian National 
> railways...
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> 
> On 2020-11-29 4:28 p.m., Ron Singh wrote:
> > I've known Yale at CSD since he was 17yo...a real fine fella and a straight
> > shooter.
> > 
> > On Friday, I received my 1st batch of T14s(slimmer vers of the T14) and
> > have loaded Mint 20(based on Ubu 20.04LTS) and everything is recognized,
> > all ports tried except for the FPR, no one in my world uses them. Of the 15
> > units, 3 will be running Mint 20 for the rest of their working lives, so it
> > will be a good test bed to see how them stack up. I did turn off all the
> > cruft in the BIOS like secure boot at all that, I dumbed it down as much as
> > possible, TLP works a treat, BT same.
> > 
> > I did have the issue(AGAIN) of the mouse pointer acceleration being too
> > fast, and adjusting it with the GUI tool was ineffective. I ripped out the
> > LIBINPUT driver set(as per Clem of Mint) and stuffed in the EVDEV driver.
> > Fixed! All good. now. This issue has haunted me with many Thinkpads and a
> > couple of HP Z Workstation laptops, from 2012 models all the way to the
> > current 2020 stuff.
> > 
> > FWIW.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Ron S.
> > BTW: These units wered CTO configs ordered on Nov 7th and I got them from
> > CN on Nov 27th...not bad for a CTO from CN!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> csdepot.com is a local Lenovo dealer (although they've moved to
> >> Cambridge), and most Lenovo products (the Thinkpads, some other laptops,
> >> and a bunch of desktops) now have official Linux support, and some can be
> >> purchased with Linux preinstalled.
> >>
> >> I'm not recommending anything yet because my Thinkpad T14 still hasn't
> >> been delivered.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Chris Frey wrote:
> >>> So I was browsing the Canada Computers site, as one does on Black Friday,
> >>> and when I emailed them, they said they could not comment on Linux,
> >>> and installing it would void the warranty.
> >>>
> >>> Shock.  Horror.  :-)
> >>>
> >>> It's been so long since I've bought a brand new system that I don't
> >>> know who the linux-friendly vendors are in town.  So, at risk of
> >>> opening a large thread, what do people recommend?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> - Chris
> >>>
> >>>
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