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Review on πŸ’» Lenovo ThinkPad E15 20RD005GUS 15.6" Notebook - Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 10 Pro by Donald Phillips

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Pretty painless install of Ubuntu 20.04

The biggest problem was getting into the BIOS settings so I could disable UEFI and Windows boot manager. Try as I might, pressing the documented hotkey didn't allow me to enter the BIOS after powering on. I ended up booting into Windows and rebooting into the bios from there. But one day I was able to download and install Ubuntu from a USB stick. All hardware worked great. Lenovo still has a reputation for reliably supporting Linux geeks like me. I really wish they had shipped the device with a BIOS configured to allow easy access to it when powered on with a hotkey (disable fast boot). Having to boot into Windows just to get into the BIOS was quite a hassle.

Pros
  • Traditional laptops
Cons
  • No color required