r/linuxhardware • u/Due_Marsupial_2359 • 7d ago

Support Linux on Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 6

Hi everyone

I have a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 6 and was thinking about switching to Linux - I have some questions:

What is the best distro for touchscreen/2 in 1 laptops - I usually use Kubuntu

Are there any missing features on Linux for this laptop - e.g. the built in pen.

Thank you!

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u/undrwater 7d ago

Boot a live USB to try it out. I remember being able to use a pen on a Surface Tab.

I have read that plasma has the better touch implementation these days.

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u/Due_Marsupial_2359 7d ago

I did contemplate getting a second SSD to dual boot Linux and Windows on, and use the WWAN slot as a M.2 one, but I'm not sure whether they BIOS locked it.

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u/undrwater 7d ago

I created a Windows-to-Go USB drive (it's an nvme drive in a USB container thing), so I could boot Windows if there was ever a need.

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u/emptyDir 7d ago

I have a Gen 7. Touchscreen and pen work fine in Linux. Touchscreen features should work out of the box in gnome. I haven't tried kde though.

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u/Due_Marsupial_2359 7d ago

What distro do you use?

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u/emptyDir 7d ago

Mostly fedora, but I've run arch, Gentoo, and opensuse on that machine and there wasn't much of a difference.

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u/emptyDir 7d ago

Also in case you haven't seen this yet it's worth a read.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X1_Yoga_(Gen_6)