lenovo t550 Lenovo T550 & Ubuntu

[pixeledadler]

Hey guys,

 

So my girlfriend has a Lenovo T550 ThinkPad laptop and she not so profound by windows on it. Just to explore my options here, has anyone tried to install Linux on this machine? And what problems were encountered?

 

Cheers,

Manijs

[SCHISCHKA]

I have not used that model but I have used older IBM think pads before they were sold to Lenovo. Think pads are excellent with Linux. Some of them ship with Linux oem.

[Droidbot]

https://certification.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201412-16337/

[ProjectBox153]

I don't see why it wouldn't work right. I would give Zorin OS a try. I've been messing around with Zorin OS 12 Core for the past few days and I love the look of the interface and the overall feel of the OS.

[pixeledadler]

5 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I don't see why it wouldn't work right. I would give Zorin OS a try. I've been messing around with Zorin OS 12 Core for the past few days and I love the look of the interface and the overall feel of the OS.

I'll look in to that. The homepage seems to be quite promising.

[pixeledadler]

6 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

https://certification.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201412-16337/

Awesome. This looks really great.

[ProjectBox153]

1 minute ago, Manijs said:

I'll look in to that. The homepage seems to be quite promising.

Oh yes, it is wonderful. Especially for someone not so used to Linux. Zorin has something VERY similar to a Start menu, and is generally laid out similarly.