<![CDATA[Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap?]]>Hey , can you stop this crap?

I have a x13s that apparently needs a SPECIAL version of that only YOU have.

And when I go to get it, not only do i have to register, provide a serial number and deal with captca.. but then you give me an EXE to create the media??!?!

I have a machine that can't boot windows so you give me a windows executable?

Why not just a damn ISO? I wish would boot on this thing

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d8325e40-414f-4dce-a3b1-a04e2b85b108/hey-lenovo-can-you-stop-this-crapRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 09:02:14 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2026 01:31:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:03:02 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org I'm just saying that maybe it's a dos executable amd you could try burning a small dos iso on your linux box, boot the PC and see if it'll run.

Which, of course, is very unlikely and would be the stupidest thing for Lenovo to do, but maybe?
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777554182.741289https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777554182.741289Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:03:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:50:35 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike

PostmarketOS (Linux) works well on this, apart from the camera and GPS.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116463844518087462/statuses/116492562316561068https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116463844518087462/statuses/116492562316561068Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:50:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:59:48 GMT]]>@mrfoostang I only have access to Linux and macs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491654843588327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491654843588327Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:59:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:59:05 GMT]]>@daumenlutscher I'm only installing windows to update the firmware which I apparently need to do if I'm ever to get Linux to boot

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491652014462805https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491652014462805Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:58:20 GMT]]>@joshthetechie why is arm such a pain lol.

I can boot to the NixOS installer, but then it just reboots before it gets past loading the kernel

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491649032648234https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/codemonkeymike/statuses/116491649032648234Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:58:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:58:03 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike Wow. That is bad. I've never heard of this happening. I'm sure there's precedent but. Wow.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://micro.glasshoundcomputing.com/users/jeremiah/statuses/01KQE54W129G4R0EZEX6GFK30Xhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://micro.glasshoundcomputing.com/users/jeremiah/statuses/01KQE54W129G4R0EZEX6GFK30XThu, 30 Apr 2026 02:58:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:37:13 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike
A Debian Linux system should boot. Why don't you try booting a Debian live system from a USB drive? Microsoft is absolute garbage anyway, and with that account requirement, it's completely useless.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedifreu.de/ap/users/116059083632854009/statuses/116491330105711704https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fedifreu.de/ap/users/116059083632854009/statuses/116491330105711704Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:37:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:32:08 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?

And since you can't boot, what would you do with an iso, anyhow? You gotta burn it with something or mount it into something.
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777516328.582716https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777516328.582716Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:32:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:30:50 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Well, kinda. An exe is a dos executable that may be happy running without a gui. Can you boot to the cli and run it?
]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777516250.605514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://foostang.xyz/mrfoostang/p/1777516250.605514Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:47:47 GMT]]>@codemonkeymike Yep… that’s what I was afraid of. I had trialed an HP ARM notebook and it had the same limitations.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/joshthetechie/statuses/116491135687470565https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/joshthetechie/statuses/116491135687470565Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:47:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey #lenovo , can you stop this crap? on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:38:33 GMT]]>And it gets better

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