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If your want help. please review Welcome To Support And Help and provide the basic information: What release of Ubuntu, how you tried, how you know it didn’t work, etc.
Keep in mind that we are not clairvoyant and cannot see your screen, so please help us understand the problem that you are encountering.
Ubuntu installs on a wide variety of common hardware, including most Thinkpads. I’m confident we can help you.