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This seems like a very recent laptop.

Could MBR be your problem somehow? Maybe it needs to be a GPT table instead.

Weird. What distro is on it, what program did you flash it with, and does it show up in the file manager on another machine?

I have basically the same laptop (it's an E16, but with the same CPU - it's just the 16-inch version of your laptop). Make sure you press enter, press F1 to go into BIOS, then go into Security > Secure Boot and enable "Allow Microsoft 3rd Party CA". That worked like a charm for me.

If you're still having problems, try writing down the steps you have taken (down to the key combinations; some pictures would be nice as well). I should have all the same settings menus.

Don't worry, though, you've made a good choice; I've been loving my Thinkpad E16.

Boot off the live boot disk and, after mounting everything, chroot into your Fedora install. Then try rebuilding your initramfs (I don't know the command for Fedora, but I'm sure it's simple enough).

It's always worth checking if MrChromebox supports your specific Chromebook. I got Debian running on an old Chromebook a few months back for fun, but I had to compile a custom kernel to get audio working because AMD Stoney Ridge is weird.

I don't know about other games, but it wasn't too terrible playing Civ 6.

I've been enjoying my Thinkpad E16 that I got brand new from Best Buy. https://startrek.website/post/13283869

I agree. I thought everyone already knew this was what Debian release names were based on.

Have you tried CoreCtrl? That has made life on my new Thinkpad much easier.

That sucks.

How old of Docx files are you talking? Something like Office 2010 might run quite well, and your father would have probably had to have used some very weird features for it to be incompatible.