11. Lenovo Thinkpad X60s

At work, we picked up a whole bunch of these; they work very nicely with Linux. The "Database Folk" have generally gone with Ubuntu , a Debian derivative, which has installed and run extremely cleanly.

• Virtual Private Network access worked out of the box based on the vpnc package

• The built-in wireless hardware works well with WEP authentication; alas, using WPA, which allows certificate-based authentication, seems to be generally troublesome on Linux at this time.

• Support for the built-in fingerprint scanners has required some "fiddling around", but there is documentation for this on the web...

Here are a number of public resources that have proven useful:

• LaptopTestingTeam/ThinkpadX60s - Ubuntu Wiki

• thinkpads.com Support Community :: View topic - Ubuntu 6.06 / Dapper Drake on Thinkpad X60s

• Installing Ubuntu 6.06 Flight 6 on a ThinkPad X60s - Linux ThinkPad Wiki

• FreeBSD on the Lenovo Thinkpad X60

• Category:X60s - Linux ThinkPad Wiki