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I'm relatively unfamiliar with Linux. I'm getting a ThinkPad T460 and want to install Mint on it. Is there anything about the T460 I should know?

It’s probably been 15 years since I’ve used Linux and Mint seems to be the recommended distro for people who aren’t all that familiar with Linux like me, but I didn’t know if there was anything I should know with this ThinkPad model that anyone is familiar with. My searching around shows people saying everything from it was painless to install to they had tons of issues and I have no idea how common either one is.

So any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

qprimed ,

congrats on your foray into linuxland. its possibly one of the better decisions you can make for yourself. mint is a great way to start because its reasonably well polished and the UI is familiar. issues usually arise from extremely old (and likely broken) hardware or from bleeding edge hardware that does not yet have support.

as others have said, things are likely to work pretty well right from the get-go, but, in the event of an issue, you have support! :-)

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks!

jamyang ,

I have a question and I don’t know if this is the right place to ask.

I have a windows pc where I download movies and other media which I watch from my mobile using network.

I am thinking of buying a refurb laptop to use when I am not using it for CAD/CAE works. My question is this : If I were to install a linux distro, can I view the media on my laptop as well? Like how I watch on my mobile?@

seathru ,
@seathru@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Yeah. Plex will do exactly what it sounds like you are wanting to do.

jamyang ,

I know plex and I have used it for an year. But I access files on my computer using my mobile without any app. Is that possible with linux?

Swaziboy ,

Yes you can access Windows shares directly and play the media from there with no issues. I do it all the time.

Diplomjodler ,

I have a T480 with Mint and everything worked with zero hassle. Just installed it and started working.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear. Thank you!

mrshy ,

You may need to update the UEFI firmware.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks, that was the sort of advice I was wanting to make sure I got before I installed Mint. I assume you mean update it via Lenovo and not from a third party… or if from a third party, if you can tell me where, that would be great!

mrshy ,

It would be from Lenovo.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Awesome, thanks!

Xirup ,
@Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

IMHO there’s no other way to know that something works that trying it by yourself. I honestly don’t believe that there’s some kind of specific problem with that model that will not let you use Linux on it, maybe some kind of BIOS/UEFI lock but that’s usually easy to unlock.

Maybe if you really want to be sure that it works, you can try using Mint from Live Mode (Booting directly from the pendrive without installing the OS) before purchasing it.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

It’s less a ‘won’t run Linux’ and more ‘configure it this way or you’ll have problems’ worry, but it sounds like it should be okay from what others have said.

BaalInvoker ,

You’ll probably fine

Go ahead and be happy

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks. I hope so, but since there were people who seemed to have some issues when I was searching around (someone was claiming there was a brightness issue they couldn’t solve, for example), I just want to make sure there isn’t anything specific for the T460- or that line in general- that I need to make sure is configured in some unusual way.

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