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- Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:53 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: [Debian] Thinkfan Installation Guide + Configuration Tutorial
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24732
Re: [Debian] Thinkfan Installation Guide + Configuration Tutorial
by default, the fan will be stuck at a fixed rate (3300 RPM) without setup. This means that your laptop might be improperly cooled, leading to either overheating or overcooling, wasting precious battery power. I cannot be certain, as I use T430, not T420, and Linux Mint instead of vanilla Debian, b...
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:16 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
If it sells well they will keep the series and make classic thinkpad 2, 3, and so on, if it doesn't give enough profit, then they won't. It seems really as simple as that to me.
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:28 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Lightweight Distro for my 600?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8002
Re: Lightweight Distro for my 600?
I have a laptop with the exactly same hardware and I use AntiX on it. AntiX is lightweight enough, but also large enough to have most of the things modern OS should have to be convenient for everyday use (albeit I don't use that laptop every day, rather every half a year).
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:53 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
How so? They only made these polls recently...
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 10:58 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
Looks like a good date to set a release date for the project, but I guess it will also be affected by the CPU's release.bhtooefr wrote:I'm wondering if the Retro won't come out until 2017-04-17 - the 25th anniversary of the ThinkPad.
- Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:34 pm
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3417
Re: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
No. All the safety depends on a user Then why is it so easy to catch a virus on Windows and so difficult on Linux (to the point that users never catch any unless the software is specifically targeted at the individuals Have you already studied all source code your "safe" Linux based box ? The diffe...
- Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:43 am
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3417
Re: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
What about using a virtual OS then? Use Linux and run Windows via such software? Have you tried that? https://www.virtualbox.org/ Maybe it would be more convenient than taking along two laptops with you. I am not sure about the performance of an emulated OS though (I have never used it), so test it ...
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:58 pm
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3417
Re: On Linux, Windows, Privacy, Security and Work
Why not just dual boot in this case? Use linux for everything but the applications you can't run on it?
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:36 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T400/T410/T420 and T500/T510/T520 Series
- Topic: T420 eGPU
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5299
Re: T420 eGPU
I have T430 with eGPU (actually - have had, because I had to leave it in Poland when I was moving to China). It can run only in x1, and the performance loss depends on specific games (or rather their engines), you may want to check out my topic about it, it might give you an idea about the setup (li...
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:31 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T400/T410/T420 and T500/T510/T520 Series
- Topic: Interest in upgrade your T420/T420s/T430/T430s to FHD 1080p
- Replies: 758
- Views: 264000
Re: Interest in upgrade your T420/T420s/T430/T430s to FHD 1080p
Could you help me out with buying this equipment? I want to order it within a country (that is China, as I'm living here now), but I'm not sure whom should I contact or where should I look to get this device.
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:01 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Taurinus X200?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3401
Re: Taurinus X200?
Moreover, they don't sell a lot of such computers, so the price per unit is higher for them too. I support the idea, but as it has been already mentioned, it doesn't really have many advantages for an average user, so I will probably never get one. I do still think that it is important we have such ...
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:55 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
They say nothing, because they cancelled the project and do not want to piss the fans off 

- Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:18 pm
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
Don't get your hopes up. If they will announce an actual classic thinkpad, I'm pretty sure it is not going to be what you've been waiting for.
- Sun Sep 27, 2015 2:32 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: cpu Temperature t430s
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6367
Re: cpu Temperature t430s
I get spikes to 95C in full load on my CPU in T430 as well. The CPU is made to withstand 105C, but it will never reach such temperature, as it will throttle down if needed (I think it happens around 95C too). I think from what I've seen what happens to my laptop is that when it reaches about 95C, th...
- Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:35 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: T430 drives
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2032
Re: T430 drives
Thank you.
- Wed Sep 23, 2015 9:40 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: T430 drives
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2032
T430 drives
The official website of Lenovo says that T430 supports: Hard drive features 320 GB, 7200 rpm, 7mm high, SATA 3.0Gb/s 500 GB, 7200 rpm, 7mm or 9.5mm high SATA 3.0Gb/s 1 TB, 5400rpm, 9.5mm high SATA 3.0Gb/s Supports one additional hard drive which can be used concurrently to offer expanded storage in ...
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:43 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Your favorite Linux distro on a Thinkpad? Why?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 47261
Re: Your favorite Linux distro on a Thinkpad? Why?
There is only one Linux, so the word does not have a plural form, I think.sdi-p wrote:all Linuxs (or is that Linuxi?)
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: T430/T530 questions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2856
Re: T430/T530 questions.
Worth buying "Discrete NVIDIA NVS 5400M with Optimus Technology" and power management works well to get good and long runtime even with 9 cell battery? Nvidia has better performance, so if you want to play games, decode videos etc., then it might come in useful. If you get Nvidia, then you get both...
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:04 pm
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Your Favorite Desktop Environments
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9191
Re: Your Favorite Desktop Environments
Workspaces This is one of the best things in linux in my opinion. Using a computer without them is a chore for me. They are extremely convenient and useful. They are the reason I won't be switching to anything else but continue to use KDE as it has the best developed workspaces of all DE (different...
- Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:02 am
- Forum: Pictures of your ThinkPad & desk setup
- Topic: My T430 with GTX 560 Ti
- Replies: 39
- Views: 33480
Re: My T430 with GTX 560 Ti
I wrote a description about how particular games work on my setup: All of the games were tested on internal monitor in resolution 1600x900 and turned off antialiasing. Frames per second were counted by Steam. The graphic card used with the egpu setup was MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II. Windows 7 64bit...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:02 am
- Forum: Pictures of your ThinkPad & desk setup
- Topic: My Modest ThinkPad Collection (Pic)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7059
Re: My Modest ThinkPad Collection (Pic)
Beautiful collection, good job.
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 4:07 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: Standard keyboard to backlit keyboard?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1110
Re: Standard keyboard to backlit keyboard?
I use CTRL+SPACE to turn on and off thinklight, I think the same is used for keyboard backlight. Right now I have option 1: thinklight on; and 2. thinklight off. Do I understand it correctly that if I have a backlit keyboard there will just be an additional 3. Thinklight off, backlight on?
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:23 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: Standard keyboard to backlit keyboard?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1110
Standard keyboard to backlit keyboard?
If I replace my standard keyboard with a backlit one, will it work just fine? Do I need any software changes? I run linux, does it matter?
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:33 am
- Forum: Linux Questions
- Topic: Your Favorite Desktop Environments
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9191
Re: Your Favorite Desktop Environments
KDE 4. Definitely the best of them all for me. I liked Gnome 2 and Xfce too though, but they weren't as customizable and advanced.
- Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:48 am
- Forum: ThinkPad T430-T490 / T530-T590 Series
- Topic: T450 CPU socketed or soldered?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16764
Re: T450 CPU socketed or soldered?
All mobile Skylake CPUs and all CPUs of both X series and T4??s series are soldered as well - so what? Motherboards are known to be slightly less reliable than processors. High end processors are usually much more expensive than the motherboard alone. If you ever needed to replace the motherboard, ...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:51 am
- Forum: Thinkpad T25-Retro
- Topic: Thinkpadders, do NOT Rejoice, WEEP and/or DESPAIR!
- Replies: 1797
- Views: 368271
Re: Thinkpadders Rejoice (*LARGE PICS*)
Yeah, don't even consider a 'Classic Thinkpad' at this point, it might just as well never be made.
- Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:56 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: Phone
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1221
- Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:27 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Stuff
- Topic: windows 10 privacy status
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2412
Re: windows 10 privacy status
Windows users will swallow everything Microsoft throws at them. They won't revoke privacy breaches, if you want to use new Windows, then accept 24/7 surveillance, it's "to improve your experience" after all.
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:57 am
- Forum: Pictures of your ThinkPad & desk setup
- Topic: My T430 with GTX 560 Ti
- Replies: 39
- Views: 33480
Re: My T430 with GTX 560 Ti
It seems that the future looks good for external eGPUs: http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-box-that-c ... 1724958260
- Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: GENERAL ThinkPad News/Comments & Questions
- Topic: Time for a New Business Laptop
- Replies: 64
- Views: 11124
Re: Time for a New Business Laptop
Consumer grade hardware is of poop quality, more news at 11.