I installed Ubuntu 8.10 as beta on my Lenovo x200 and nearly everything worked out of the box. With kernel 2.6.27 I did not expect anything else.

The only thing that seems not to work is the camera (funny though: the camera in the t400 is working without problems). Everything kept on getting more and more stable over time.

Still, for some odd reason I am expecting more from the intel video card. Still having trouble with World of Warcraft (Wotlk) because there are graphical glitches and it even freezes the whole OS sometimes. I have not tried any other game which needs 3D, but I am hoping that newer releases of mesa and the intel driver may improve things.
However, I guess that this means to wait for 9.04.

The wireless is working pretty well. Just yesterday I was downloading rather many files over short period and my internet link was fully used. That also means that the wireless connection to my AP is working rather well. I had some troubles earlier on, but they seem to be fixed or happen to occur less often.

However, I am not happy about the overall performance with Ubuntu 8.10 and I am really hoping that 9.04 will bring some improvments…

I downloaded ubuntu 8.04.1 alternate install CD and installed Hardy Heron on the x200, sucessfully so far. Wireless did NOT work out of the box, however. And I have also issues with the Intel Graphics x4500. The Desktop itself seems to work nicely, but my tests with world of warcraft were disappointing, even though glxgear was pretty good.

Wireless wroked by using the firmware of iwl5000 and using compat-wireless (for kernel older than 2.6.27).

Guess I need to try Ubuntu 8.10 beta…can not really wait for the release…;)

I bought two new laptops, one of them being the new Lenovo Thinkpad x200. I bought it at neptun.ch, a website selling rather good equiped (not standard, they are better equiped usually) for students (and former students).

The other laptop is the t400, however, let us stick with the x200 for now.

My x200 has the following spec (using lspci of Ubuntu 8.04.1, which does not recognize all of the hardware with its kernel 2.6.24).

• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26 GHz (3MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB) (Montevina)
• Chipset: Intel GM45/ICH9-ME
• Memory: 2GB DDR2 667MHz (1x 2048MB)
• Hard Drive: 250GB GB SATA
• Screen: 12.1″ widescreen 1280×800 LCD, 200 nits of brightness
• No built-in Optical Drive (got an external one included)
• GPU: Intel X4500 Integrated Graphics
• Network/Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 1Gb Ethernet Card, Bluetooth and 56 Kbps modem
• Inputs: 95 Key Keyboard with Three Button Touchpoint
• Buttons: Power, ThinkVantage, Volume Up and Down, Mute, and WiFi/Bluetooth On/Off Switch.
• Slots:ExpressCard/54mm, SD 5-in-1 reader
• Battery: Nine Cell Cylindrical
• Dimensions (with large 9-cell battery in):
  • Width: 11.61 inches
  • Depth: 9.2 inches
  • Thickness: 0.8-in – 1.4 inches
• Weight:
  • 9-cell battery starting at 1.63 kg / 3.58 lbs
• Operating System: Ubuntu 8.04.1, but will be upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 because of driver issues
• Web-cam, fingerprint reader, 56Kbps modem, 5-in-1 card reader

my lspci says:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Cantiga Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga MEI Controller (rev 07)
00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation Cantiga PT IDER Controller (rev 07)
00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Cantiga AMT SOL Redirection (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4236