Debian Linux on Lenovo X1 Carbon

I am now using a Lenovo X1 Carbon for work. After the installation hassles with the Samsung Series 9, I'm certainly sticking with Lenovo. It was such a breeze. While I had every intention to maintain the Windows 7 partition, between Lenovo and Windows they consumed all the spare volumes. If required, I can resort to Mac OS X as a commercial alternative. Besides, I have been Windows free since 1998, so have not got a valid reason to retain it. So Windows and Lenovo recovery got dumped onto an unused external hard disk. Someday, I may need to recover, but history is against it.

My notes on the installation, though thin are here. It is running Debian, with Xfce installation. The only customisation worth noting are the X11 settings for the trackpad. The custom settings used are:

#
# File: /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf 
#
Section "InputClass"
   Identifier                      "lenovo x1 carbon touchpad"
   Driver                          "synaptics"
   MatchIsTouchpad                 "yes"

   # three fingers for the middle button
   Option "TapButton1"             "1"
   Option "TapButton2"             "2"
   Option "TapButton3"             "3"
   Option "ClickPad"               "1"

   # drag lock
   Option "LockedDrags"            "0"

   # prevents too many intentional clicks
   Option "PalmDetect"             "1"

   # vertical and horizontal scrolling
   Option "VertTwoFingerScroll"    "1"
   Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll"   "1"
   Option "VertEdgeScroll"         "1"
   Option "CoastingSpeed"          "8"

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