Canonical and Lenovo about extending the Linux pre-installation program to ThinkPad and ThinkStation devices. 29 ThinkPad laptops and ThinkStation workstations will be available for purchase with Ubuntu 20.04 preinstalled. Formerly Lenovo delivery of Fadora on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 model and to provide pre-installation of RHEL, and also joined in the work to transfer drivers to the main part of the Linux kernel to ensure first-class compatibility with any Linux distributions.
Ubuntu 20.04 is certified for 22 Lenovo ThinkPads and 7 ThinkStation models. These devices are supported by proprietary NVIDIA drivers included in the basic package. The Snap Store provides access to popular apps including Visual Studio Code, Slack, Spotify, Plex, and JetBrains. The core package includes fresh developer tools (Ruby 2.7, Python 3.8 and GCC 9.3). A new theme and support for dark and light interface modes have been proposed. A redesigned configurator is available to make it easier to set up Wi-Fi, desktop wallpapers, and apps.
Device models on which Ubuntu 20.04 pre-installation will be available:
- ThinkPad T14 (Intel and AMD)
- ThinkPad T14s (Intel and AMD)
- ThinkPad T15p
- ThinkPad T15
- ThinkPad X13
- ThinkPad X13 Yoga
- ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen3
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8"
- ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 5
- ThinkPad L14
- ThinkPad L15
- ThinkPad X13 AMD
- ThinkPad P15s
- ThinkPad P15v
- ThinkPad P15
- ThinkPad P17
- ThinkPad P14s
- ThinkPad P1 Gen3
- ThinkPad P53
- ThinkPad P1 Gen2
- ThinkStation P340
- ThinkStation P340 Tiny
- ThinkStation P520c
- ThinkStation P520
- ThinkStation P720
- ThinkStation P920
- ThinkStation P620
Source: opennet.ru