Lenovo Linux systems online in Europe - and thank you Fedora community!

For anybody who went and left feedback on the web sales site asking for Linux after my last email - a big thank you. I can't help but think it must have been a factor in the below. Linux systems (multiple!) are now available in Europe, including of course Fedora: I think the below is the full list currently: Carbon 10 (includes Fedora) Z13 (includes Fedora) Z16 (includes Fedora) P14s P16s X13 Yoga G3 T14s G3 T14 G3 T16 G3 P360 (tiny, tower, ultra) (Missing from our completed platforms is the X1 Nano G2, and the L-series strangely) We have more coming and the best thing is that the EMEA team have made it so if Linux is available it should just be added. How well that works we'll see - but I'm optimistic I won't have to battle them going forwards. I do have some notes of caution: - The user interface is not perfect, especially around invalid configurations (e.g. if you select the MIPI camera on the X1 Carbon). The invalid config will get flagged, but it's kinda annoying. They are looking at how to improve it so please don't beat them up about it - the alternative was to not have Linux online (for potentially a long time). We'll make it better - and the ultimate aim is to have no Linux limitations! - In Europe they also have the 'no-OS' option and that is still (usually) cheaper than the Linux option. Realistically - there is no good technical reason not to buy no-OS as the Fedora (or Ubuntu) image is not modified by Lenovo. But please consider: 1) Some of the proceeds from that extra goes to the Lenovo Linux team directly. We're quite a small team and I'd like us to grow and in particular get more engineering experience so we can contribute more directly to projects upstream - we don't do enough of it. It's also the best way I'm likely going to be able to grow the team to take on more platforms - we're pretty swamped with what we currently have. 2) This is the *only* way we have of measuring real consumer demand for Linux. This will drive the web teams to keep doing (and hopefully do more) Linux; and it gets the product teams to think about it and recognise the market for Linux is really there. We should have some more AMD platforms in the next few weeks. The mobile workstations are proving to be challenging so are still a bit out. I have concerns about the Fedora offering there because of the Nvidia driver - but we'll do what we can. I'm still working on the other geo's but will be using Europe as an example of what can be done (and hopefully we get the sales that make it meaningful and act as an extra carrot). Please spread the word in the Linux community (I'm not allowed to contact any media outlets directly - I'm working with the marketing team...but they don't understand Linux). If the system you want isn't available in your geo - let the web team know through the feedback form :) Thanks Mark