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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@simonzerafa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@simonzerafa</a> I mean obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reuse</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UseLonger</a> is better and if your options are "corporate surplus" or nothing then I'd never judge.To me it's just that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> as a brand has really died as every single Device is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#downgrade</a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repairability</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#upgradeability</a> compared to my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X230Tablet</a>:<ul><li>They have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SolderedDownRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolderedDownRAM</a> even on P-Series <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workstation</a> machines, not just cheap cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> consoomer devices.</li><li>Batteries ain't toolfree-swappable anymore!</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> modules are worse (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#850GL</a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intel</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a>)</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> support gets worse and neither Lenovo nor <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ubuntu</a> feel responsible on a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a>-certified Workstation" (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P15v</a>)</li><li>Less & Worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Docking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Docking</a> options.</li><li>Most machines don't offer Linux or to eveb to opt-out of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Govware</a> noone should pay their overcharged premium for (in fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> pays Lenovo $25 for every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/preinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preinstall</a> so they don't ship Linux, they don't even pay the $10 for an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OEM</a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UEFI</a>-Key, much less the $135+ of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemBuilder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystemBuilder</a> version they charge for!)</li><li>...</li></ul>Personally, I wish I had €.€€€.€€€ so I could just develop the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUCbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NUCbook</a> and be done with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Laptops</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Notebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notebooks</a>!

Rimas KudelisIt's kinda hard to stop procrastinating when as soon as you try to work, first, input freezes (could move the mouse, but most clicks were ignored), and then, after attempting to work that around by locking-unlocking the screen (that usually helps), this happens. I won't even go on about the PC fans spinning like crazy while CPU usage is reported at around measly 10%. Or the fact that some widgets are just missing from the top panel after a reboot. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pop_os" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pop_os</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gnome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/x11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#x11</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lenovo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thinkpad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P15v</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://appdot.net/@tewha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@tewha</a> Yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DPI</a> and handling mixed-DPI / size setups is something neither <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xorg</a> nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wayland</a> nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a>'s not Xorg system do very well if not at all...<ul><li>I had this issue years back on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuLTS</a> wirh a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HiDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HiDPI</a> (UHD @ 15,6") <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P15v</a> and several medium-DPI 1080p Monitors...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/@CppGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CppGuy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frameworkcomputer</a> In terms if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/avoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#avoid</a> I'd sadly say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> (espechally outside the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> line) and any cheap/craptastic no-name brand...Tho personally, Lenovo, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intel</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> and <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ubuntu</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canonical</a> ruined my experience with the ThinkPad <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#P15v</a> because despite being "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>" the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> module (an Intel <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a> rebadged as Fibocom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#850GL</a>) didn't work and neither of the aformentioned parties felt responsible to fix it!<ul><li>And thanks to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCIe</a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AllowListing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AllowListing</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> cards I couldn't just plop a known working M.2 card in there, but that applies also to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dell</a> and any other "Business Notebook"...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:@stanford@as200950.social yeah, that's what I know for like a decade...Also it's not a simple <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VendorLock</a> but a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whitelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Whitelist</a> of PCI-IDs, MAC Adress- and IMEI Number Ranges, so it's not enough to have i.e. a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lenovo</a>-rebranded <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fibocom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#850GL</a> which is a rebadged <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Intel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#XMM7360</a>, but only the version offered for i.e. the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> will be accepted and initialized.<a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111431218976786632" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/111431218976786632</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:@stanford@as200950.social 'The only <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VendorLocking</a> I've seen are on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WiFi</a> & <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WWAN</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#cards</a> being <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whitelisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#whitelisted</a> in terms of PCI-ID and MAC-Adress/IMEI number...The only company that does <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VendorLocking</a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RAM</a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#hp</a> with their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ProBooks</a>, bricking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PXE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PXE</a>-Boot in the process...I had a work-issued <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> and that thing never complained about me swapping the 256GB NVMe for a pair of 1TB Crucial P1's...I've never heard of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VendorLocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VendorLocking</a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SSDs</a> outside of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Apple</a> devices...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@lycanmatriarch" class="u-url mention">@lycanmatriarch</a> yeah.Had to deactivate the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quadro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Quadro</a> P600 in a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> because <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nvidia</a>'s shitty drivers refuse to handle <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MixedDPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MixedDPI</a> gracefully but the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iGPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#iGPU</a> of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Xeon</a> 10855M does just run flawlessly and supports <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wayland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Wayland</a> out of the box...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://chaos.social/@stdevel" class="u-url mention">@stdevel</a> <a href="https://kitsunes.gay/@JessiCum" class="u-url mention">@JessiCum</a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention">@ubuntu</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bradlinder" class="u-url mention">@bradlinder</a> it is the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InconvenientTruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#InconvenientTruth</a>:<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lenovo</a> brings <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Apple</a>-Style <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/soldered" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#soldered</a>-down <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RAM</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PlasticSnaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PlasticSnaps</a> instead od Screws, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GluedInBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GluedInBatteries</a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DRM</a> instead of toolfree hot-swappable ones and worse <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#quality</a>.Seriously, I would've bought myself a fully-decked out <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> if Lenovo didn't fecked it up with my work-issied machine.I once really loved their devices and I'll keep to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#UseLonger</a> my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/X230t" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#X230t</a>... <a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110905896594073677" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110905896594073677</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://squeak.social/@whitekiba" class="u-url mention">@whitekiba</a> Klar - nur boten die jenes Produkt damit an... Nicht dass ich nicht so oder so Support erwarte wenn Hardware als "Certified for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ubuntu</a>" gelistet ist... <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention">@ubuntu</a> Hab' mich ja schon zur <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fibocom</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#850GL</a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Intel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#XMM7360</a> in nem <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Thinkpad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> auf :birdsite: :twitter: ausgekotzt und wie Weder Fibocom noch Intel noch Lenovo sich zuständig fühlten... Und wegen Lenovo kann ich nicht einfach das WWAN-Modem durch was gescheites tauschen, weil Whitelisting der PCI-ID...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@malcircuit" class="u-url mention">@malcircuit</a> Yeah - I had similar issues with a work-issued <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#P15v</a> and it only worked out by disabling the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quadro" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Quadro</a> dGPU in favour of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Xeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Xeon</a> 10855M's iGPU...It did triple displays fine using the Thunderbolt 3 Workstation Dock...

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