Probably a huge undertaking but have to start somewhere.

I'd like to see testing on open source Mesa drivers in games and see how it compares to closed sourced drivers on Linux and windows.

Kind of like what phoronix does.

Maybe in a few games, like Cyberpunk to start with since it has a built in benchmark.

On arm laptops I would like to see fex emu translation layer being tested too. Maybe after the n1x launches. :)

People are super interested, as you see quite a few videos on YouTube running such tests.

Lenovo does support ThinkPads, but they assume you running Fedora with latest kernel,.or Ubuntu with the OEM kernel. Not such an old kernel as tested here. Also, when a new ThinkPads gets HWE certification, then it is ready. This takes two to three months typically.

Care to offer an example?

Quote from: Al Bumen on May 28, 2026, 23:04:59As for Windows, who'd be crazy enough to use that? Given the AI slop, ads, and spyware making screenshots all the time, Windows is radioactive. It's like something that escaped from Chernobyl.

You're saying this as if Linux distros don't come with "AI Slop" and "spyware"

I use Debian Linux, which is very popular. Please test it with that.

Fedora is also very good, it's more modern looking.

As for Windows, who'd be crazy enough to use that? Given the AI slop, ads, and spyware making screenshots all the time, Windows is radioactive. It's like something that escaped from Chernobyl.

This laptop is new, hence test it with latest Fedora or Arch those have the newest Kernel.

Linux mint-shmint means NOTHING.
There are a ton of Linux based distribution, who cares.
What users really care about is a Kernel version where the drivers live.

Please, delegate making Linux reviews to someone with enough competence.

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Linux Mint is a stable version that runs on most equipment, however the newest equipment doesn't always have drivers for the most stable distributions.  The Linux Mint crew is working on providing a method to get the most recent drivers.  You should try a different distribution that touts support for new equipment.  I have been a Linux Mint user and fan for many years and I have never had a problem having everything working on equipment that is a few years old or much older meaning >18 years old.