Hey all - what’s your experience with refurb Lenovo laptops for Linux from companies/shops that specialize in this as a service? I’m looking at LinuxPusher.dk but am also curious about other EU-based shops. It seems like a good, affordable way to get a Linux machine if you’re a novice, like me (some experience with Ubuntu and Kubuntu about 10 years ago).

  • pr06lefs@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    they only offer the one laptop, a T480. Not an HP, Dell, etc. Ongoing fixes to the UEFI and BIOS code are irrelevant as this has libreboot instead. That’s like saying you’re missing out on windows updates if you run linux.

    And anyway the T480 is at end of life:

    This product is no longer being actively supported by development (End of Development Support) and no further software updates will be provided.

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      19 hours ago

      Fair enough, I just wanted to point that out because i see a lot of people falling for the “it has nothing proprietary” mindset.

      But there’s nothing wrong with that device that I can point to, other than it being older hardware with all the limitations that might entail.