And of course I'm installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.
Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.
I finally bought a thinkpad
161 Comments
KssioAug@piefed.zip · 33 pts · 3d
I love how even modern Linux distros run so damn well on what's considered today 'outdated' hardware.
I love Linux Mint btw! I think you did a great choice! Even though it's known as the beginner friendly distro, I think it's just a damn great distro for pretty much anyone, experienced or newbies. Fantastic choice!
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3d
And by outdated, like 2015. Old E7440s or even older work great with added memory. New battery and you have a nice laptop out of the e waste pile. The only weak spot are drives, SSDs are expensive so to stay cheap you might have to use old spinny in there.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 3d
More like 2005
Pentium m laptops are almost useable. The biggest issue is the lack of 32 bit software.
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2d
I've got a Acer Aspire One with an Atom in it that I still use. The form factor is awesome, I wish it was 64 bit and 4 gig though. Just use it for emergency firewall management as I don't think it is getting updates.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2d
Some of those atoms use weird powervr graphics that aren't supported by anything. Mine has an ati gpu which is helpful.
kalpol@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2d
I don't know what this one has but Mint runs OK on it.
taj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
You just end up running emulators endlessly. Which... Is awful.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2d
Also true. It's currently my media ripping machine. If I find a cheap 2 GHz pentium m I might put it in.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
Yea i wanted to give it a shot since ive been thinking of switching to mint on my desktop. Right now I run kubuntu on my main machine and for the past few years its been great, and the only thing thats really kept me has been KDE plasma. I may just bite the bullet and install plasma in mint cause so far, I'm still not a fan of cinnamon.
innermachine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
For what it's worth I have a yoga 370 i5 powered laptop that has had the shit kicked out of it for about a decade now, it doesn't even officially support w11 but I installed it anyways (save me the Linux sales pitch- I need windows on this laptop to tune ecus so I cannot switch this device) and it runs like greased lightning on w11. I can't imagine how this would run with kde plasma or mint!!
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3d
Congrats on the Thinkpad. I look forward to your next post on /c/unixsocks.
dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 3d
Thinkpads are awesome. They aren't as good as they used to be, but they still work great for linux.
Why mint?
I use mint as my "TV room" OS. It's worked pretty well so far.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3d
Mostly for compatibility and ease of use. I don't wanna fiddle with things if I don't have to. Wanted it to be stable. Ive also been thinking about switching to mint on my main machine so this is also kind of a test run. I tried mint years ago but it didn't work well for me back then.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3d
I know, not the place for distro evangelism, but maybe give bazzite a whirl or some other immutable fedora variant, sorry, Mint is just Ubuntu Lite, if you really like it, go Debian Sid or something.
At least with an immutable you can distrro-hop with distrobox. Just saying.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
I'm not a fan of immutable distros tbh. I know they are the most "ease of use" you can get but at the same time, if I really want to change something, I can.
And IMO, I like Ubuntu. Wide compatibility and is stable. Thats what I like. I could take or leave Canonical though.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2d
Fair cop, use what you like, it's not a religion.
I wouldn't go with 'ease of use' personally, it's more can't break the main OS. I tend to do dev work in distroboxes, different workflow, but you never end up rebooting to a broken system and you can install wild dependencies without guilt. Works for me. YMMV.
noughtnaut@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
I love the discourse here, it's so nice to see. Not only because I, too, am a Mint user for practical purposes (MATE flavour, even, in spite of running on pretty modern hardware).
By the way, I am obligated to commend you on your username, cap'n. It's not much, but it's enough, right?
victorz@lemmy.world · -19 pts · 3d
Can you give an example of a Linux distro that isn't stable, that you have to "fiddle" with?
Bruh, so many down votes for asking a simple question. Dang, community. :|
libewa@feddit.org · 34 pts · 3d
Arch
gilokee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3d
my brother uses arch...by the way.
he tells me to install it. I say "fuck no, thank you"
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
It won't bite you. I've been using it professionally and privately for over a decade without issues. If it sounds interesting to you, try it out. It's very mature. š
libewa@feddit.org · 2 pts · 3d
You should try it, to get a taste of what is possible, then learn what to do, and maybe even stay. But it's not for beginners, the terminal-phobic, or people that rarely use their PC.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
I've ranted at length many times on Lemmy about how Arch is very stable and doesn't need fiddling. You can check my comment history, I'm not feeling like repeating myself right now. š Arch not being "stable" is a myth.
T4V0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
There seems to be a misunderstanding in the definition of "stable" for distros. Arch is solid, itāll rarely break, when it breaks itāll be mostly due to the users own interest in fiddling with the system in the first place. But Arch follows the rolling-release model, with incremental updates which may require manual intervention ā again, happens on very rare occasions ā it differs from the stable release model, where distros like Debian have small changes, more guided towards security rather than having the newest software.
So by definition I wouldnāt say Arch is stable, even if itās not the common usage, itās best to describe that it requires system management and maintenance, but itās not brittle, unlike Windows.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
This is also a myth, on both counts. This is assuming you always install every single update to all packages as soon as it's released, and have to do so just because there's a new version. That's not how Arch operates. You are in charge of initiating an upgrade. It's a manual command that you run, right.
If you upgrade often, you're more likely to run into buggy releases. Just upgrade less often and reduce your likelihood of installing buggy latest releases. Just like Debian and other such distros do. You're in charge on Arch.
This is only one way of mitigating risk that you can do, but I do concede that Arch does not take every precaution that other distros do to ensure that broken packages are not released. They do however follow up with news posts if there's an issue, with info about what to do. This is an awesome thing.
But still, I haven't had an issue in over a decade, upgrading packages probably once a week or so.
There's no "maintenance" other than what you create for yourself. This Arch = "maintenance" (whatever that entails in everyone's mind) nonsense has got to be put to bed.
KssioAug@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 3d
If you update once or twice a week, chances are there are literally hundreds of packages to upgrade every time. There's no chance someone will look into every single one of these packages to verify what could potentially 'break' their system or not. They just upgrade the whole thing and THEN, if something breaks, they work around it.
As someone who uses CachyOS daily as my main distro, I wouldn't install it on a device for someone that doesn't want to do some maintenance from time to time. Maybe I wouldn't go as far to say that it is UNSTABLE, but point release distros such as Mint or Debian are definitely more stable and require much less maintenance. Rolling release distros are, naturally, much riskier.
T4V0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
While itās true you can do that, then why choose Arch in the first place? One of the key elements in the philosophy for Arch is: Modernity, i.e. to always have the latest version to be the stable version, aka the rolling release model. You can choose not to upgrade, but it can be a immense footgun. Thereās a reason itās harder to upgrade between release versions in distros like Debian.
Besides being a stable release doesnāt guarantee no bugs either, only that they donāt change. Meaning as long as the bugs are minor or can be bypassed, itās still considered stable.
No doubt, but you do have to keep track of this. People non familiar with it may find their systems temporarily borked if they donāt. One good mention for those of interest is their incredible documentation, it can also be used as a reference for other distros too.
In over a decade using Arch, I have encountered bugs or changes when upgrading packages, following a similar upgrade cadence. I also used packages that have been deprecated from the official repository, and then maintaned by users in the AUR. These are things that break the users experience and require maintenance. Regardless if itās a bug or not, or if it happens once or twice a year, the user has to pay close attention.
scytale@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 3d
The whole point of a bleeding-edge and rolling-release distro is that you get the lastest packages available. If you wait longer for the buggy updates to get fixed, then it doesnāt make it any different from Mint and other stable distros. It might even be worse because even if you wait, every update would still include a package that may be buggy because of the nature of rolling releases.
libewa@feddit.org · 2 pts · 3d
It doesn't need fiddling, but it invites you to do so. And the default setup is hardly a best practice: swap on a partition, no FDE, no zram... missing FDE in particular will require you to reinstall, and you better have found out how to do proper backups including metadata.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
I don't have FDE and I haven't had a need to reinstall. I'm running it on my desktop computer at home.
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
But that's during installation. Arch users will/should tell you that once you install your system and it works the way you want it to, you don't really need to "maintain it" unless you create maintenance work for yourself. Same for "fiddling".
dr_jekell@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3d
TempleOS?
libewa@feddit.org · 4 pts · 3d
Not Linux, and of course the perfect OS.
cy888@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d
Gentoo is great. I can configure it exactly the way I want. I switched to it after redhat went enterprise and never looked back. Stage 1 install.
However, sometimes packages get out of sync an I have build problems that need to be diagnosed.
Sometimes some packages get deprecated & I have to redo my configuration.
Deprecating python 2.7 was especially fun.
Back in the day, manual config of x11 was needed and that was fun. Back in the redhat days, the x11 configuration was in multiple places which was confusing.
Sound still is erratic after the laptop goes to sleep.
I did a manual transition from X to Wayland and that took a bit of learning.
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Neat, sounds like fun if you have the patience, time, and necessary knowledge to keep learning. š
kyTdKZx9PtDQ9e56u06@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 3d
Stop it.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 3d
Get some help.
ā Michael Jordan
victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
What?
kyTdKZx9PtDQ9e56u06@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 3d
You know exactly what. Feigning dismay at the down votes emphasizes the fact. But in case you're truly unable to read the room - don't be that Linux guy that drives people away from the community by being a pompous dildo. It's unbecoming, highlights your fedora, and is the reason you don't have any friends, Kevin.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
What on earth are you talking about? š You have no idea who I am or how many friends I have lmao. I have more than I have time to keep up with, sadly. It's hard with two small kids and a family.
Anyway, I really was just asking a question. What the fuck did I say that people take offense to? Please read the room aloud for me, if you could? Without being a rude prick?
Edit: I went through your comment history a bit, because name calling is usually a huge red flag for me, indicating that someone has a social problem and isn't worth my time. Seems like you really like name calling, and you like to call people out loudly when they don't understand something that you do. You pride yourself on your intellect, I imagine. And it makes you feel good when you put people down that don't have an intellect that measures up to your own, especially if yours gets challenged, even a little bit, by someone else. Instant defensive mode.
I think I might cancel my request for you to tell me what was wrong with what I said. I'll ask someone else that comes along. Thanks for dropping by, though.
(Also seems like you're more of a Linux nerd than I am, so joke's on you. š Peace. āļø)
kyTdKZx9PtDQ9e56u06@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 3d
Case in point.
mcheva@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
I hear that a lot but I got a new e14 amd on special it was so cheap. It's not the most powerful but i put 32gbs of ram and a 2tb nvme in it runs arch on it and its a cool little machine.
The ram and the hard drive cost more than the laptop. Would I have bought this thing for retail? Prob not, I resent giving money to Lenovo directly.
dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
Yup, it's hard to justify supporting Lenovo, but work buys mine, so I'm not gonna complain too much about it.
otacon239@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3d
I feel like an old ThinkPad is like a right of passage on Linux. Just about everyone I know who uses Linux has had one at some point or another.
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 3d
Still got an X201 somewhere. That thing learned me Linux, got me through school and found me a good job at a time when all I had was a backpack and that computer.
Some day I shall switch it on and update it.
otacon239@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Rocking an X260 myself. Picked it up for something like $100 on eBay a few years ago and it just keeps on ticking.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3d
A T440p running Antergos got me through college. I regret selling it since that thing served me well š«”
Slashme@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3d
I love selling things that have served me well - it feels better knowing that they're helping someone instead of sitting in a drawer, untouched.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3d
Fair point! In this case, I sold it to my brother who got through a fair bit of university with it so it did help a lot of people.
I get sentimental about tech that I used for a while though so I kind of hoard it all now that I don't need to sell the device to replace it
libewa@feddit.org · 1 pts · 3d
I used to use an old consumer Yoga, and now a new ThinkPad. Some say it's the wrong way around, I say I want more than 2 cores and 8GiB of RAM. (Un-)Fortunately, I got hooked on the Nix and Tiling-WM drugs quite soon, and so there wasn't a lot of distrohopping.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 3d
I really want to know why we are staring at basically the same screen from decades ago. Why isnāt GRUB menu a fancy little thing by now?
When I was a kiddo, dabbling in duel boot, I remember this screen. It was slightly more basic, but pretty much the same. I always figured it would eventually get upgraded to something moreā¦ I donāt know, fun to look at? Something minimal, but also customizableā¦ background image, background music, maybe a menu for doing customizations right thereā¦ like what options are to be shown.
Noā¦ itās pretty much the same. Why?
Edit: I realize that I am stupid. Itās because GRUB needs to survive when everything else is broken. GRUB is the first and last standing soldier. Its simplicity is a feature enabling that capacity. But also, you can customize GRUB if you wantā¦ so I am just dumb. Have a good day.
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org · 13 pts · 3d
I dunno, I run Debian and my GRUB looks like this:
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
I wish it didn't but I don't want to risk breaking it and I don't want to risk breaking it just for it to be white on black, and I don't know what I'd have instead
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3d
Because there is very little overlap between āprogrammers who design the systems to be as efficient and reliable as possibleā and āUX designers who consider elegance and ease of use, even if it means the install is a few extra MB in sizeā.
Tons of FOSS UIs tend to fall into one of three categories:
Itās because the people designing the FOSS arenāt UX designers, so they either make their best guess at it (the laughably horrendous choice) or they just copy whatever paid software theyāre trying to replace.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3d
Because you can't improve on perfection
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2d
If you wanted, you could make a clean and capable boot picker like Apple does with their macs and frankly every hackintosh does. But we donāt. Because nerdcore is a thing.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 3d
And there you are, right on the raggedty edge. Well done, Sir or Madam.
WolvenSpectre@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3d
There is no software that does theming for GRUB that doesn't break it badly and was stopped mid development and GRUB 2.0 takes deep knowledge of how it works to theme it without breaking it.
Hell the little bit of theming they added to Ventoy has them slowing GRUB updates to make sure that it is tested and tested again before they roll it out and break everyone's install without knowing it.
I plan on doing it but I really don't have time for it right now or any time in the future.
brax@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d
You can absolutely rice your GRUB install. I haven't used it in a hot minute, but I definitely had ones in the past that were themed.
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 3 pts · 2d
yeah you already said it in your edit, but just to respond anyways:
grub's simplicity is a feature. it does one thing and does it well.
thestrike@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 3d
fuck yeah
I have an old thinkpad I use as a home server
gilokee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3d
HELL yeah! I have an E16 and it plays Factorio and other simple games (plus emulators) so it's perfect! And of course it's running Mint. :D
(simple graphically. Factorio is not simple. lol.)
muhyb@programming.dev · 4 pts · 3d
My Thinkpad (X201) can't even play Terraria well but I love it. :)
jsalvador@programming.dev · 9 pts · 3d
Hell yea! Welcome to the Thinkpad Owners Club.
I have a L440, I was not able to find a T440 on a decent status. Solid laptop, enjoy!
majster@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 3d
T480, a gentelman and a scholar
cy888@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Be careful of USB C ports. They are unreliable but absolutely required to charge.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 3d
And can't be replaced. Sister has a t580 with a mangled USB c poet. Only one left to charge.
cy888@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
I'm using A 90 degree plug to baby my remaining plug
majster@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1d
I know, one is dead
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
Oof will keep an eye on that. Thanks for the tip!
cy888@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Gentle on disconnect. Im using a 90 bend connector that is permanently on the remaining USB c connector.
If that fails too, will just spend a couple hundred and buy another Lenovo laptop. No huhu
solarspark@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3d
Is this an issue for all thinkpads or that particular model?
cy888@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
At very least the Lenovo for a year or two around the time of the t480 and t490. Early USB C laptops requiring USB c charging really wasn't rated properly for the constant plugging/unplugging.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3d
Yeah, valid, but the BIOS upgrade (fwupd) that is normal with linux fixes it. Still, an issue to consider if buying second hand.
cy888@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
It's a mechanical issue of the quality of the plug
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2d
Nah, it was a BIOS issue allowing destructive overcharging. Prove me wrong.
l3mming@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
Excellent OS choice - great for noobs and veterans alike.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
Mint is great, LMDE is even better; same newbie friendliness, away from Ubuntu specifics
Ravenheart@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2d
As a newb, could you please help me understand why you prefer Debian to Ubuntu?
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
In this context,it's to make newcomers get used to a more open ended version of Linux that has derivatives, to get more mainstream versions of packages so that if they eventually want something more specific, they are learning slight tweaks.
Ubuntu is Debian with a layer of idiosyncratic things applied to it, the new user will need to unlearn those idiosyncrasies and apply new ones.
Also Ubuntu has some controversies associated with it, so the new user should stick to something more ... Whatever the antonym of controversial is
solarspark@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3d
Enjoy your Linux journey! You'll be glad to have done it.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3d
Ive actually been using Linux for a few years now, but I needed a laptop so figured this would be a good choice. But I am enjoying Linux very much!
solarspark@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3d
Good stuff. And no difference. I'm always learning something new about Linux. And that's what makes it amazing. Truly a freedom operating system
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 3d
In general, business class laptops out of date are great value. Love my bathtub T440p (replace clunkpad and TN screen, 3 drives baby) and T580 (get the dock if you can).
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3d
All the best! My SO runs a T480s, the elegant one, for years now, switched to Debian after U went super-slow on her.
I went all fancy-schmancy with a Yoga x390, debian too.
Both cheap secondhand, both issue-free (and both with touchscreen!). Whish the official batteries where still available tho.
wookiepedia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
480s has a touchscreen? I need to check mine...
reallyzen@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3d
Not all of them, we were lucky I think. Yoga's have it by their very 2-in-1 nature, nice little things, classy matte black like any Thinkpad should be.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
This one does. I think certain IPS models got the feature. Tbh, not really much of a touchscreen guy for laptops but I wont say no
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3d
Right on! I've been using a refurbished t14s for years. Which one did you catch?
Edit: nvm, I see it's a T480. Solid choice!
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub · 4 pts · 3d
Yep. Personally my first choice is the t490. Theres so many in great condition.
I like to imagine the IT debt in some office building buying and hording t490s just to be sure they don't lose their budget next year.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3d
I got 5 T420s (nice) from my boss last year. Now theyāre all running Linux and loaded up with late 90s, early 2000s games to play over LAN
nocteb@feddit.org · 5 pts · 3d
distal@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3d
INSTALL GENTOO
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3d
Not for the weak of heart. If they're not well introduced I may suggest an arch install by hand first. I wonder how like it'll take to compile FF on that Thinkpad.
distal@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3d
I CHANGED MY MIND THEY NEED TO DO LFS
sludgewife@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2d
emerge firefox-binezpzZephyr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2d
Would be even cooler if you were the guy who wrote the source. And if you are kudos, dope shit.
sludgewife@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2d
huh? what source? sorry i don't understand D:
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 3d
First stockings, then gentoo
distal@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3d
ARE YOU KIDDING? STOCKINGS ARE FOR NERDS ā ARCH USERS ā AND ONE CERTAIN FALLEN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN. NEWPORTS AND SHITTY INSTANT COFFEE ARE THE GENTOO PREREQUISITES.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 2d
Ah sorry I forgot. I thought stockings are for ThinkPad owners
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
Stockings are for fems
Starkon@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3d
Welcome to the cult :)
MoffKalast@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3d
"Excuse me, are y'all with the cult?"
"We're not a cult. We're an organization that promotes open source"
"Yeah, this is it"
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
I am home, brother. :)
Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 3d
I have 2 ThinkPads - a Yoga 370 and a Yoga X13, both running different Linux flavours and they're honestly the best laptops I've ever had. Very capable, sturdy, great keyboards, working touchscreens, pens and fingerprint scanners, passwordless encryption with TPM+LUKS.
The 370 struggles a bit with heavy browser usage sometimes but otherwise they're both rock solid
Flatfire@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2d
I miss my Yoga 730. Best laptop I've ever had. The 2-in-1 and pen support carried me through uni. All my lecture notes could be typed and diagramed as needed in the moment.
chrand@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3d
Nice choice, Thinkpads are amazing!
FriedRice@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3d
Thinkpads are great. But how did you get the fingerprint scanner to work? Mine does not work.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
I followed this guide, worked right out of the box:
https://github.com/SeniorMatt/How-to-enable-fingerprint-in-Linux-Mint-for-T480
FriedRice@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d
Oh I will try that as soon as possible. Thank you for the link.
brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3d
Which model? If you mind sharing.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 3d
T480
On thinkpads it is in the corner of the screen.
LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 3d
Wow I literally just installed mint cinnamon on a T590 like an hour ago. Small world!
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
Great minds think alike haha. Good for you brother. Hope it works well for you.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Hell yeah. I somewhat recently bought a refurbished T490 and it's one of my favorite computers I've ever owned.
Slashme@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
Same!
I had bought it, installed Debian on it, and had been using it for more than a week before I discovered that it has a touchscreen :-D
Very nice laptop.
altasshet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2d
Awesome, welcome to the club!
I just upgraded from a T420 (bought new) to an X13 Gen 3. I like the much better screen and the much lower weight, but I miss the old style keyboard...
Allero@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2d
Congrats!
Personally rocking Dell Latitude 7490, it is much similar to ThinkPads in scope and layout, down to the iconic knob. An absolute beast for the $200 I paid for it (used). Endless battery, USB-C charging, zero lag and throttling, complete Linux support, famous robustness, and a premium feel in everything, from the materials (the best soft touch plastic I've ever experienced) to the build quality.
It's the kind of laptop you just want to have in your hands. Hope your ThinkPad will give you the same experience :)
rapchee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
just recently i've installed cachyos (after a few months of mint) on my t420 and it works really well
for instance the partial battery charging works (on mint you need to install extra stuff and configure via file, on cachy it's just part of the power settings)
but also generally i feel it's a bit quicker and prettier
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
What do you mean by partial battery charging? I noticed the battery readout isnt exactly accurate so far but I'm not sure if that's what you mean.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
You can limit your battery charging, so it doesnāt charge to 100% by default. Itās better for your battery life, because Li+ batteries lose more capacity when theyāre fully charged and discharged. So keeping them somewhere between the 30-85% range will dramatically extend the life of the battery.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
Ah OK that makes more sense.
rapchee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
sorry maybe i phrased it wrong
instead of charging to 100% you can limit it to max 80% and only charge it from below 60% for example, it supposedly helps with the battery life
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
Nah I'm just dumb lol. Idk why my brain didn't clock that. Thank you for explaining
wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3d
I have cachy aswell not on my thinkpad im still running endevour there do you use plasma as destop eviorment
rapchee@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
yeah, i wasn't a fan of plasma, but i've used it on my desktop and my deck and i got quite fond of it
wezzzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 3d
What did you use before
rapchee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
mint (with cinnamon and xfce) and pop os
but it's only been a few years (5ish?) of linux
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d
Cool! What model did you get? Despite the high prices right now, I'm also considering a new one right now, because my old one, which I love, does start to show its age a bit.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 3d
T480 but I'm wondering 7th or 8th gen Intel. Both options were offered.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3d
Its 8th gen. Intel Core i5-8350U.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 3d
Well done, super capable 4 core device. I'm typing on a T580 now and it's still my low power machine (let's the desktop power chewer stay off most of the time) a decade+ later. Hunt down the dock, super nice, and replace the TN screen if that's what you have (horrible, but a sub$100 upgrade, it's lego, you can do it)
Enjoy, I have. Easily one of my best computer purchases.
Bluefruit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
I made sure to get the IPS model so no TN for me. And yea so far, seems to work well.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2d
Good choice on the IPS and in general. Still recommend the dock, super useful, prolly cheap these days. Network, displays, USB for days. Have fun.
M137@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2d
Do you call a dead Thinkpad a Thoughtpad?
genzboomer@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2d
A Thunkpad.
Sniatch@feddit.org · 2 pts · 2d
I got an old HP ProBook from my parents because they got a new one. I also installed Linux Mint on it :D Everything works, the keyboard lights, the wifi, the preset buttons work the same.
it's really fun trying out Linux on older hardware. Don't know when was the last time I had fun with playing around tech stuff. Linux really made it fun again for me
frosty@pawb.social · 2 pts · 3d
Welcome aboard! L15 Gen2A(MD) here. :)
whereitsat@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2d
there's currently a retired T420 in my home and a stalwart E15 assisting me with my everyday computing needs.
make sure you say 'thank you for your service' every morning.
chewypoops@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 3d
It's not a real ThinkPad if it doesn't have a keyboard frontlight.
Edit: Downvoting this joke is proof that I have more ThinkPad cred than you.
lengau@midwest.social · 11 pts · 3d
No matter how niche the topic, there will always be at least one person willing to gatekeep it.
aim_at_me@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2d
This is clearly a joke guysā¦
snake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
If it has a red clit, it's a ThinkPad, that's the only rule.