Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Oct 2006 18:30 UTC, submitted by Valour
"The Lenovo ThinkPad T60p is the first ThinkPad to officially support GNU/Linux. Unfortunately that support is not quite as broad as some would like - you're more or less forced to install and use SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. The good news is, SLED 10 is a highly usable, stable, and configurable operating system. Officially you're supposed to buy a support contract from Novell if you need help installing the operating system on a ThinkPad T60p, but if you'd prefer to do it on your own, this guide will walk you through the process."
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Since Lenovo took care of producing specific RPMs for this particular model, would it have been so difficult to create a ready-to-install DVD image?
First screen: welcome to SLED installation procedure (click)
Second screen: Would you like to dual boot windows or have a SLED only system? (select, click)
Third screen: The system has been installed, please reboot (click)
Now *that* would have been a hell of an installation routine.
Please note that I think the author of TFA has done a very nice job (layout of the page a bit too plain for my taste, but anyway), but I am afraid that's a bit complicated for someone who just wants to try out linux: maybe an installable liveCD with *all* thinkpad features working could have been an even better option!