« Reply #2500 on: September 05, 2016, 06:35:40 PM »
I found that everyone else in my class got a computer (Lenovo) that actually worked except me. We had to install Windows 7 on them via disc and mine didn't like it and refused to show anything on the screen. It was also the loudest computer in the room. Got it working eventually (teacher did something on BIOS). We could also install Linux if we wanted but after the fuss my computer made, I decided not to.
Linux tends to work great on Lenovo computers.
I have only just heard of this (in my limited circles). Is there a technological reason for this?
Has it to do with some compatibility of hardware in the basis of the MBs or universality of software within the BIOS?
I think they prefer standard components and solutions to the extent possible. There are rarely any Microsoft-endorsed circuits (which used to mean that the firmware was closed source and the Linux folks had to reverse-engineer the hardware so they could write software) or obscure graphics cards, with the notable exception of the early Nvidia Optimus chips that were a PAIN.
This probably explains everything.
Thank you.
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