Lenovo S10 Netbook: Fabulous Hardware, Yuck Software

Posted by tuxchick on Mar 10, 2009 9:31 PM EDT
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I'm a Thinkpad fan from way back, though anymore I think it's a misplaced loyalty because Lenovo treats Linux like the perv uncle and keeps it hidden away, and plasters "We recommend Windows!" all over the place. It took some detective work to find the S-series IdeaPad netbooks on Lenovo.com, and forget finding one with Linux. I about Googled my fingers off and found a number of reviews and announcements that claimed it had either SUSE Linux or Linpus Linux options, but I never found them. In fact I am getting very tired of vendors who claim to love the penguin and Free/Open Source software, and then make it impossible to actually purchase any OEM Linux computers. That is why I stick with independent vendors like ZaReason. They tell the truth.

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Run it with Debian montezuma 13 2,532 Mar 12, 2009 12:14 PM
It has the same specifications as the BENQ tracyanne 1 859 Mar 10, 2009 11:05 PM

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