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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://tech.lgbt/@em_7dice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@em_7dice</a> +9001%The only issues I had on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> fit on one hand and are solely the manufacturers being dicks:<ul><li>Intel <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GMA500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GMA500</a> & </li><li>Intel GMA3xx0 aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Poulsbo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poulsbo</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US15W" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US15W</a></li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AMD</a> pre-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FLOSS</a>'d drivers and old <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ATi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATi</a> cards that need them.</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nvidia</a> being dicks and not offering feature-parity for their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GPU</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/drivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drivers</a> acrss platforms as well as actively working against FLOSS <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/driver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#driver</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#developers</a>...</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#850GL</a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a> and neither of them nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> willing to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#support</a> that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWAM</a> module on an "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>", €3k+ <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P15v</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Workstation</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Laptop</a> running <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ubuntu</a> 20.04 LTS!</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fedora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fedora</a> Sadly, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> wronged me as a professional when they refused to support their "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P15v</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> module ( <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#850GL</a>, based on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a> baseband).<ul><li>And that was a €3,5k+ professional device!</li></ul>Add to that the discontinuation of any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/wired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wired</a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USB</a> "ThinkPad Compact Keyboard with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UltraNav" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UltraNav</a>" and the only reason I've not retired my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X230Tablet</a> for a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@frameworkcomputer</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Framework13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Framework13</a> or god forbid some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/nucbook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">abomination</a> is my belief in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UseLonger</a>!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rl_dane</a> I wished <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@frameworkcomputer</a> would do this too, because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittified</a> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> brand so hard and refused to support me with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P15v</a> (alongside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canonical</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> with regards to getting the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#850GL</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> working on this €3,5k+ "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>" System) that I'm gonna go with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Framework</a> once my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X230Tablet</a> dies.

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.space/@CppGuy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@CppGuy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@frameworkcomputer</a> In terms if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/avoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avoid</a> I'd sadly say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> (espechally outside the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#Intel</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> and <a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ubuntu</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canonical</a> ruined my experience with the ThinkPad <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P15v</a> because despite being "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>" the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> module (an Intel <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a> rebadged as Fibocom <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#PCIe</a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AllowListing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AllowListing</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" target="_blank">#hp</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dell</a> and any other "Business Notebook"...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://chaos.social/@stdevel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stdevel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bradlinder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bradlinder</a> that is sadly not the truth anymore.Despite being "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UbuntuCertified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UbuntuCertified</a>" absolute basics like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WWAN</a> module didn't wotk at all on a work issued <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThinkPad</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P15v</a>. Neither them nor <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canonical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canonical</a> nor <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fibocom</a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#850GL</a> WWAN Card) nor <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Intel</a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMM7360</a> is the chipset of said card) felt responsible to fix it.Not gonna talk about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nvidia</a> being shitty again on that occasion...

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