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richie
Asked: 2018-11-11 23:28:38 +0800 CST

Running Ubuntu's latest release on Lenovo T430 [duplicate]

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I'm listing below the specs of my Lenovo laptop:

  • Lenovo ThinkPad T430
  • 2349-Core i5 2.6 GHz-3230M/64-bit
  • Windows 10 Pro/Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
  • 4 Gb RAM
  • 500 Gb HDD
  • DVD
  • printer
  • 1366 x 768/14 wide
  • HD-Intel HD Graphics
  • update 4000

I'm hoping to run the latest Ubuntu on my Laptop, but it's not on Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware list, and so I'm a little worried that if I switch from Windows10 to Ubuntu the hardware might not be 100% compatible resulting in poor performance.

As a side note, I did see the T440 and T450 in the list but for past releases, and Lenovo in general seems to be pretty compatible with Linux.

Do you guys think that it's okay to make the switch? Thanks!!

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    After a quick Google search on the subject, it appears users of Manjaro Linux, a linux distribution based on arch linux, claim it is compatible with this version of your laptop.

    This suggests to me that your laptop will be compatible when installing Ubuntu, and there should be no issues because the hardware is pretty good. For additional peace of mind, I will link you a thread I found on Reddit.

    There are two users there claiming to run Mint on the same model. There is a user there claiming to run ElementaryOS with VM's and Matlab. There is a user there claiming to run Debian who had to configure wi-fi drivers.

    So things look positive for you indeed and it is well worth a shot. As a side note, you can pick up windows installation media on ebay for about $15 with a license key, as I have in the past, and you should have no issues with the ISO. So a recovery to Windows would be a cheap and easy thing to perform worst case scenario - and nothing to worry about.

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