Lenovo · 2024
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 G7 IML (Core Ultra 5 125H)
The value Linux pick in Lenovo's lineup: Meteor Lake on a UVC webcam means it installs clean where the pricier XPS and ThinkPad Intel machines fight IPU6. Plain 300-nit panel and partly soldered RAM are the cuts. Under 850 dollars, it is the no-drama option.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on ubuntu LTS. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel Arc Graphics (integrated) |
| RAM | 16 GB (mixed) |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1200 @ 60Hz |
| Weight | 1.38 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~8 h |
Linux compatibility
- ubuntu-lts Out of the box
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- needs tweak
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
- fedora Out of the box
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- needs tweak
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
ubuntu-lts: Meteor Lake (Core Ultra 5 125H) wants kernel 6.8 or newer for the Arc iGPU, which Ubuntu 24.04 LTS GA provides. Unlike the premium ThinkPad and XPS Intel machines this uses a normal UVC webcam, so it works without the IPU6 stack, the reason it grades out-of-box. One SO-DIMM slot plus soldered RAM (mixed), so it is partly upgradeable. Fingerprint enrols with fprintd after a quirk. s2idle is the usual modern-standby slow-drain caveat, fine day to day. ArchWiki: Intel Meteor Lake on Linux →
fedora: Fedora 40+ covers the Meteor Lake iGPU. UVC webcam, no IPU6 trap.