Hey Bob!!

I'm assuming it has bluetooth conection -- in case you need that sometime

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 7:37 PM S.Bob sbob@quadratum-braccas.com wrote:

Hi All;

I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad P73 with the following specs;

Just curious if anyone sees any compatibility red flags that I missed:

DIMM Memory 64GB(32+32) DDR4 2666 SoDIMM Display 17.3FHD IPS AG 300N Fingerprint Reader Fingerprint Reader Graphics Quadro P620 4G G5 128b HDD Config 2xSSD HDD Total Capacity 4TB Keyboard Backlit KB NP BK ENG Absolute BIOS Selection BIOS Absolute Enabled Processor Core i7-9750H 2.6G 6C MB Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Second Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Security Chip Setting Enabled Discrete TPM2.0 System Expansion Slots Smart Card Reader Wireless LAN Intel AX200 2x2AX+BT vPro WW

Thanks in advance

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On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 20:37, S.Bob sbob@quadratum-braccas.com wrote:

Hi All;

I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad P73 with the following specs;

Just curious if anyone sees any compatibility red flags that I missed:

DIMM Memory 64GB(32+32) DDR4 2666 SoDIMM Display 17.3FHD IPS AG 300N Fingerprint Reader Fingerprint Reader Graphics Quadro P620 4G G5 128b HDD Config 2xSSD HDD Total Capacity 4TB Keyboard Backlit KB NP BK ENG Absolute BIOS Selection BIOS Absolute Enabled Processor Core i7-9750H 2.6G 6C MB Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Second Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Security Chip Setting Enabled Discrete TPM2.0 System Expansion Slots Smart Card Reader Wireless LAN Intel AX200 2x2AX+BT vPro WW

I assume you ordered it with Windows, Ubuntu, or no OS and hope to use Fedora.

https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201909-27344 indicates some locations offer Ubuntu 18.04 pre-installed by manufacturer. Often there are regional differences in specs for removable (wireless, graphics) components and some drivers may be new so not in distros for a while. A pre-installed kernel may use a configuration that isn't in distros, so installing Fedora might run into some issues. At the worst you might have to live without wireless or Nvidia graphics for the time it takes to sort out any issues.

Your storage is probably above and beyond the pre-installed offerings. Have you seen https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/70498/best-way-to-encrypt-my-system... ?

On Mon, 2020-03-30 at 17:36 -0600, S.Bob wrote:

Hi All;

I just ordered a Lenovo Thinkpad P73 with the following specs;

Just curious if anyone sees any compatibility red flags that I missed:

DIMM Memory 64GB(32+32) DDR4 2666 SoDIMM Display 17.3FHD IPS AG 300N Fingerprint Reader Fingerprint Reader Graphics Quadro P620 4G G5 128b HDD Config 2xSSD HDD Total Capacity 4TB Keyboard Backlit KB NP BK ENG Absolute BIOS Selection BIOS Absolute Enabled Processor Core i7-9750H 2.6G 6C MB Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Second Storage Selection 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe TLC OPAL Security Chip Setting Enabled Discrete TPM2.0 System Expansion Slots Smart Card Reader Wireless LAN Intel AX200 2x2AX+BT vPro WW

I have a fully loaded P72, the immediate predecessor of your new baby. I'm running both Windows 10 and F31, each on their own 2TB NVMe drive in a dual-boot configuration. I don't care much for the keyboard, and I can't disable the touchpad in F31. Otherwise it's a very serious horse that runs everything I've thrown at it.

--Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL

Am 31.03.20 um 01:36 schrieb S.Bob:

Graphics     Quadro P620 4G G5 128b

Well, Nvidia graphics cards are always problematic in Fedora (as mentioned in your previous thread).

Maybe the binary installer will work fine but you should expect more work and you might have to spend some more time in the future because some updates in the graphics stack/kernel might be incompatible with the Nvidia driver. As far as I know compatibility with the Nvidia driver is not release blocking which means updates might be pushed (even in stable Fedora versions) which are known to break the Nvidia driver.

Felix