28: The Lenovo Linux Lowdown: Bringing Fedora to Laptops

In this engaging episode, Mark Pearson, the Technical Lead for Lenovo's Linux PC team, joins Eric and Joseph to discuss Lenovo's partnership with Fedora, the process of bringing Fedora preloaded laptops to market, and Lenovo's sustainability initiatives.

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🔗Episode Resources

Fedora Swag: https://www.hellotux.com/fedora

Lenovo Sustainability: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/about/sustainability

Fedora Strategy 2028: Fedora Linux is available pre-installed on more systems from more vendors:

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/objective-review-fedora-linux-is-available-pre-installed-on-more-systems-from-more-vendors/47092/1

Lenovo Fedora World Domination Plan: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/lenovo-fedora-world-domination-plan/82773

Hardware Partner Fedora Support Table: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/list-of-computers-that-ship-support-or-should-be-friendly-with-fedora-linux/87347

Lenovo | Linux for Personal Systems: https://lenovo.com/linux

🔖 Chapters

00:02 Welcome

06:06 History of the partnership

16:55 Hardware development workflow

23:42 Lenovo Sustainability

31:52 Fedora supporting Lenovo

43:08 Where do I buy?

59:00 Closing thoughts

Special Guest: Mark Pearson.