Ubuntu 18 and ThinkPad X201 - Surprise

Being frustrated by excruciatingly slow speed of Android Studio on Windows 7 on one of several of my beloved ThinkPad X201's, I switched to Ubuntu 18 as a trial. The laptop has 128GB SSD and 8GB RAM.
I have had nothing but bad impression and experience of Ubuntu Unity so I was skeptical first.
Ubuntu installation was smooth as it should except my SSD not being recognized by BIOS first right after removed the old HD and inserted a used SSD into it to the laptop's HD slot.
I had to adjust the location of the SSD to fit into SATA port inside the laptop just right and it took some trial and error but the BIOS finally recognized it and the rest was very easy.
After that, as I always do with Linux, I ran updates.
I preferred Xubuntu before this, but this time, I really like just plain Ubuntu.
Everything seems quick and the UI does not get into my nerve any more, and I rather like it.
I installed Chromium browser, Android Studio, SDR# using Mono, gqrx, gnuradio, TeamViewer, Oracle VirtualBox, VMWare Workstation 15. All in one tiny 128GB SSD with 79GB free space. Everything works and I feel stability running them unlike Windows experience. Under Windows you are not certain when the app quits on you but under Ubuntu everything seems pretty stable. RDP clients called Remmina works pretty well and I wish there were Windows version (maybe there is.)
Older version of VMWare gave me some trouble when installing but the latest one seems to have streamlined installation routine.
Android Studio screams on this laptop. The same code that took hours to even open takes a few minutes to open and another few minutes to compile and run.
This Ubuntu 18 and ThinkPad X201 is a winning combination and I will continue to use it as my main Android Programming laptop.
I wish Adobe and Arturia and other major app producers port their apps to Ubuntu. I will be so happy not having to use horrible Windows OSes.

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