Hello, I would like to make sure that this Laptop supports Fedora.
I found out that it only had RHEL and Ubuntu Certification (https://ubuntu.com/certified/202309-32038), but not Fedora. So my question is will Fedora 100% work on it without any problems?
https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/Thi...P16v_Gen_1_AMD
I plan to use Fedora Onyx or Fedora Kinoite.

Product id: 21FE000VCK

I don't didn't know but guess(ed) you could so did a (DDG) DuckDuckGo search = *Install Fedora on Lenovo ThinkPad P16v Gen 1*

Install Fedora on Lenovo ThinkPad P16v Gen 1 seems to be aplenty good reads.

Hope this helps in your search.

RHEL is a derivative/snapshot of Fedora, so if runs RHEL it should run an equivalent or newer Fedora too.

You can always check the machine and/or specific components at linux-hardware.org to see what OSes other people have run, and whether they encountered any problems.

1 members found this post helpful.

Kernel is the same kernel. Why would it not work?

Here's Fedora's list of minimum requirements: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US...ware_Overview/

Many of the members of my LUG have had very good experiences with Lenovos. *If* I remember correctly, though, they would counsel avoiding Yogas.

Do you know how much it costs to try it in live mode? $0.00 USD!

I didn't know Lenovo were selling laptops at such a low price...

(I wonder if one can one also pay £0.00 or €0.00 or AU$0.00)

Not what I am saying. I mean grab the laptop and give it a try. If there are issues, there will also be solutions.

I have only seen a couple of laptops that would not run Linux well, and those would not run anything else well either. They Linux side of this costs nothing other than effort and time, but you cannot start trying without hardware.

If speedruner08 already possesses the hardware, then yes all they need to do is get an unused USB drive (cost may be 0, may be £$€10), install Ventoy, copy a Fedora ISO, and try it - but they didn't say "I have an XYZ...", and I interpret "I would like to make sure that this Laptop supports Fedora." as having an implied "before money is spent".

It may be that they could buy any laptop and then "only" spend time and effort in fixing whatever issues crop up, but it may also be that they have the spare time now to do due diligence before ordering, and would rather find something without known issues than have to spend time later when it may be more valuable.

No one is going to certify hardware against Fedora, or anything else without a LONG TERM SUPPORT version. The reason is clear, Fedora (and other cutting-edge or rapid development distributions) are a moving target. By the time they finish certification tests and release the approval the next version is out and the effort was all wasted. If they are going to pay for the testing, then they want the results to boost sales for more than a month. (New official Fedora spins release about every 90 days, testing can take 45. They want a year, more is better.)

For a similar reason getting a properly informed option about Fedora on specific hardware is iffy. You are asking people who may not run the same version or have customized the driver set, even WITH the same version may run (and notice) different application sets than you would, and you (and they) may not have EXACTLY the same hardware even if they share the same provider part number.

If the hardware is certified for more than one Linux distribution it implies that the hardware compatibility is not good, and that if there are driver issues the working driver solution is available form the hardware vendor. At this point it is less a gamble on someone being able to select a winning lottery ticket than the gamble that your certified auto mechanic can successfully change your tires on your car. There is a chance of failure, but failure would be a surprise and unexpected.

Because Fedora support for alternate CPU hardware is iffy, I would look for X86_64 processors (the appropriate INTEL or AMD lines) as the only reason to eliminate a device. Example: I have run Manjaro (stable) and Debian on a Pinebook Pro (AARCH64 CPU) and loved it, but would never consider Fedora for that platform.