Anyone using Lenovo's x13s? I haven't seen a ton of personal reviews of it online. How's your battery life and what gripes do you have? Are you using Linux on it?
@brainwart I remember having to work on an older version and I have to say something. Lenovo UEFI has backdoors and it's going to get hit with a rootkit that bypasses the security of the system. It's really deplorable to the point where I would recommend not using one at all.
Linux worked fine once I did a little trick to get UEFI to load Ubuntu. Performance was good, hardware support was fantastic and it seems that the Linux system wasn't affected by the malware in UEFI. I still wouldn't trust it.
To summarize, I would not recommend getting a Lenovo at all. Framework might be a better option because the security on Lenovo is absolutely horrifying.
@AmpBenzScientist
> Lenovo UEFI has backdoors and it's going to get hit with a rootkit that bypasses the security of the system.
My understanding was that Superfish was adware using a Windows "feature", read backdoor, for loading drivers from UEFI on boot. Similar, technologically, to the Gigabyte updater issue we are hearing about recently. Much worse on the trust factor though.
> Framework might be a better option
I was looking at the new Framework laptop, but I was really looking forward to the battery life we see from arm devices. I'm also looking at the Microsoft Dev Kit for a cheaper dip in the Arm Linux ecosystem outside of the Raspberry Pis
Thank you for replying. I will do further research on the security side of Lenovo that may be of note and take another good hard look at the Framework devices
@brainwart Here's a link.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/lenovo-patches-secure-boot-vulnerabilities-that-imperil-25-notebook-models/
Lenovo UEFI CVE should bring up several years of incompetence. They say they will fix it and the next batch of exploits will come out. I would recommend staying away from them and anything they make.
