Open media vault and monero? But why?
Also Ollama in a 10 year old laptop will be fun.
Is he doing lines and smoking or just smoking very crooked joints?
He doesn't know, that's how fucked up he is.
Yes
I love it!!!
I'm new to Linux; what's with the ThinkPad hype?
They generally have really great linux support for all of their hardware (touchpads, fingerprint readers, etc.), and provide bios updates via fwdup. They are also just nice laptops.
Yeah back when it was IBM before they sold off to Lenovo. Back when their biggest selling point was their priority was keeping you up & running and getting work done. Nowadays nearly all the products are made with the priority “So, how do we design this so the user will have to pay for it multiple times?”
I've owned/used HPs, Dells, and several Thnkpads and the thinkpads by far are always the best machines. They are built to last, support is top notch.
It's a hype for very old, repairable laptops. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, if you want a repairable laptop go for a Framework
ThinkPads are business machines and those are extremely repairable compared to consumer machines. Even my shitty Dell precision has instructions on how to disassemble it etched onto the mainboard. And since business laptops get dumped after a few years of relatively light use (many are de facto stationary), you can get pretty good machines for very cheap.
ThinkPads are just very popular, because they are consistently pretty good and don't stand in your way softwarewise, which isn't always true for Dell or HP machines.
I don't have over 1k to drop on a laptop, I spent $150 on a T440p, it does web browsing and other basic tasks very well.
makes me think of the good ol't times when the air was cleaner, roads were safer and our bosses used to pay us in Thinkpads, not this "fiat money" nonsense.
Very cool. I love those IBM Thinkpads.
Fuck lenovothe older lenovo models aren't bad, but the shit they pump out recently is well, shit
They had a Chinese back door in the firmware. Don’t know if that’s still the case. https://www.techworm.net/2015/08/lenovo-pcs-and-laptops-seem-to-have-a-bios-level-backdoor.html They’ve had several major (intentional) security flaws over the years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo They had a modified UEFI that allows insecure execution of EXEs. The Lenovo laptops given to US military in Iraq had keyloggers that sent all inputs back to China.
Haven't really used the older models but the x1c line is decent imo. Also t14. Z line is also good but focuses on different crowd.
I wish someone randomly gifted me a thinkpad as well
You can find them for really good prices usually.
I mean, work in a tech field and have good relations with people who manage hardware, you'll get to keep some that goes to garbage then, you'll be surprised how much fairly recent hardware is thrown out by companies
I already do, and most hardware in the office are macbooks, toshibas, and dells. Also, it’s no longer as common for companies to allow employees to buy/adopt old hardware and they choose to recycle instead.
Good boss. What are you using it as? I'm guessing some homelab setup but will be interesting to know
I'm a gnu/linux noob. I recently installed Pop OS on two older laptops. Am loving it so far. Going to work on getting games functioning on one of them next.
Was blown away when the built-in Disks program was able to easily fix a couple of thumb drives I have that were suffering from logical corruption. They were completely unusable in Windows 11. I tried 4 different methods in Windows 11 to fix them, with zero luck. Disks fixed them in 2 clicks. They are nicer thumb drives and were somewhat expensive. I am very happy to have them back.
These are good at holding all sorts of things like doors.
What distro did you put on it?
debian, due to the good 32bit support
Nice. Seems kind of appropriate, given the age of the machine (besides the 32bit support).
Look at the bottom left corner. It looks like Lubuntu to me.
I tried, but I couldn't make out the icon
Libreboot it.
I like your boss.
I also like this guy's boss.
I like that boss's wife.
I wonder what distro did you use
Slackware and Debian would be the most popular period-correct options.
Half those laptops are older than Ubuntu.Oh okay
I'd wager something like Mandriva being an option too. Fedora was meh at best at that time. Or even Suse.
I'd run XFCE themed with Chicago95 in this everyday.
This is from 2004: https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/ibm-thinkpad-x31 It will chew amps (electricity). Recycle it as best you can. Grab a modern box instead.
Unless sparks are free where you live, this beast will become a liability very quickly.
I totally get what you're saying, but I suspect the OP is not going to be using this device full-time. Or even part-time.
Why? It is working just fine. No need to landfill something functional
Due to no mousepad I would recommend installing a tiling wm like sway (forgot to mention I use a Thinkpad, yes I know about the nipple. But consider the extremely high quality keyboard).
IMHO, it has a TrackPoint, there's no need for a a trackpad. I have a x201 on Linux Mint and literally just disable the trackpad.
nah trackpoint is just a better touchpad
I use a Thinkpad, the trackpad is nice but honestly I prefer the keyboard for navigation
My first laptop was a handed down R52.
Thanks to that, I never got good with a touchpad.
Now, it's either mouse or a trackpoint for me.
