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Red Hat Fedora 45 Linux was released this week! 👀

Jason P. — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:11:05 GMT

I upgraded my ThinkCentre X AIO to Fedora KDE Plasma 45 (dual-boot) from the command line today. It was a 3GB download and took about 15 to 20 minutes to upgrade. It works exceptionally well for the most part*. Fedora 45 installed with Linux kernel 7.2.15.

https://fedoraproject.org/kde/download/

* Because the ThinkCentre X AIO uses a custom Realtek audio chip, the main speaker doesn't emit any sound running Fedora (although it works with Windows 11). However, the upcoming Linux kernel 7.4 seems to have a bunch of audio driver fixes, so I'm hoping it might get the speaker to work... but kernel 7.4 probably won't be available for Fedora until early 2027. In the meantime, Bluetooth audio works fine using my wireless earbuds.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Sound

This might not be the right place for this, given it's a Lenovo community?

洋二宮平 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 01:00:31 GMT

Here's a video of my cat...　My cat (my feline overlord)

GeminiでAI講座を作成しています

Jun Yasumura — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:41:22 GMT

https://youtu.be/b5iTT5ds9tE

What’s your #1 non-negotiable for a business laptop in 2026?

Brian Teater — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:15:29 GMT

💻 What’s your single non-negotiable feature for a business laptop in 2026?

I was recently looking closely at the ThinkPad T14s line, especially with how Lenovo is balancing new NPU hardware, battery efficiency, and slimmed-down frames, and it got me thinking about how much our "ideal" laptop specs have shifted over the last couple of years.

It feels like we used to just shop for raw processor speed and screen size, but now we're forced to make real trade-offs between different priorities:

All-Day Battery & Efficiency (working away from an outlet without battery anxiety)
Build Quality & Keyboard Feel (the classic ThinkPad durability and typing experience)
On-Device AI / NPU Performance (local Copilot+ processing without cloud lag)
Portability & Connectivity (lightweight chassis without losing full-sized ports)

If you were spec’ing out your next primary work machine today, what is the ONE feature you absolutely refuse to compromise on?

For me, it’s still keyboard layout and thermal design! If the deck gets hot or the keys feel mushy during a long work session, no amount of horsepower makes up for it. What about everyone else?

My Home Office Setup

Brian Teater — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:05:52 GMT

The ThinkPad is somewhere around here...probably on the desk in the basement office..

Printer

Natilee Dawkins — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:12:49 GMT

Any recommendations for printers that are good for a small business? This is on my list of things to purchase.

Lenovo Travel Monitors

Tristin Randolph — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:02:45 GMT

I wish Lenovo would make a set of two or three 14-16 inch travel monitors for laptops. This would allow user to have a similar experience when on the go of multi monitors. The need for me is that all three monitors work off a single USB-C cable. or two possibly. If two then the back of the monitors should have a slot expansion.

Lenovo Life Span...

Brooke Kingston — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:54:27 GMT

What are the general life spans for Lenovo Products. We seen to replace our Think Centers about every 5 years. Is that normal?

Lenovo in Our Office

Brooke Kingston — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:52:58 GMT

We are a family of Lenovo Products. At the office we have about 10 Lenovo Think Centers and I even turned my father and mother into Lenovo Owners. Great Products.

What is the normal life span for a Lenovo Think Center, and a Lenovo Yoga. I recently changed from a Think Center to the Lenovo Yoga

An Interesting Take on AI Recomposition (ICYMI)

Spencer — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:24:39 GMT

Sharing with the Pro Community what I felt was an important take on the use of AI to decompile and recompile software for different platforms and what it means for all systems.

From Instagram, @officialjadenwilliams

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd__TivCCzl/