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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 27-Apr-2023 21:27:16 JST Jason Evangelho

   I really wish the Lenovo X1 Fold ran #Linux smoothly. I love the versatility of that device.

   Hate saying this, but Linux still doesn't seem ready for hybrid devices like this. I look very much forward to the day it is.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 00:06:47 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Jared

     @jared this is an extremely unique device. Particularly when it comes to the keyboard that magnetically attaches to the screen and auto updates the display configuration. It’s also not a well supported CPU. I don’t think any distro fully supports it.

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     Jared (jared@linernotes.club)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 00:06:48 JST Jared

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     @killyourfm What distro did you use? PopOS ran great on my very old Lenovo Miix 320, screen rotation, audio and media buttons all worked. Pop is a little heavy for 2G of RAM was my only problem.

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     iod (iod@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 01:21:16 JST iod

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     @killyourfm would love reading in a bit more detail what could be improved on a device like this

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 28-Apr-2023 01:45:51 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • iod

     @iod This thread on Lenovo's site is a bummer to read through. It includes comments from Lenovo's Mark Pearson who heads up their Linux team. He basically says it's not in good shape.

     Follow-ups more than 1 year later aren't more positive.

     Essentially, screen rotation, bluetooth, and on-device buttons all problematic among other things.

     https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Other-Linux-Discussions/X1-Fold-OS-Linux-where-to-start-and-how-it%E2%80%99s-going/m-p/5120185