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Recently, Lenovo has completed moving the old IBM Thinkpad Support site (usually at the www-307.ibm.com domain) onto the support.lenovo.com domain....

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Check here if your IBM/Lenovo Laptop/Desktop is Linux Certified

Last post by Elmer Fishtwanger « Fri May 15, 2020 11:37 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sun Feb 25, 2018 5:46 am

Interesting piece found on Lenovo's website: an overview of Linux Certifications for IBM/Lenovo hardware.
Linux for Personal Systems

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Fri May 15, 2020 11:37 pm
blank screen 2 secs after Thinkpad logo

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by winkoe » Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:43 am

Greetings to you,

Thinkpad W700ds. Installed systems are Debian and Kali Linux. At startup the expected Thinkpad entry screen appears for ca 2 sec....

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Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:43 am
New work laptop, suggestion?

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by moijk » Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:18 pm

I'm a developer. My new job asked me to spec a new laptop. I like to run ubuntu and I need a bit of ram. like 32GB. I also need an easy docking for a...

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Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:18 pm
T420 - Linux + WiFi web browsing woes

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by skye20 » Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:56 pm

I have two T420s. One is running Ubuntu 18.04 and the other is running Fedora 30. Both have the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 WiFi cards.

Both have...

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Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:56 pm
Looking for kernel mod to allow P50/P51/P52/... control of both system fans to prevent overheating

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by joshuaalbert » Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:47 am

Dear all,

I've owned P50/51/52 thinkpads and always had trouble with overheating when running linux. The problem is because there are two system...

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Sun Jun 07, 2020 8:47 am
X201 Linux doesn't power off after shutdown

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by 2f1cafc » Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:01 am

Hello everyone!

I have been using my trusty X201 for a few years, and I love it. But there is one thing that has always annoyed me: it won't...

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Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:38 pm
IBM NOS

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by stevenvh » Thu May 14, 2020 7:49 pm

No Window$ keys! Too bad they cheaped out and didn't enlarge the space bar :?
$40 shipped:
Sticker still says Windows keys are Microsoft copyright....

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Thu May 14, 2020 7:49 pm
Ubuntu power management tool for X220/230/T520?

Last post by atagunov « Wed May 13, 2020 9:12 am

by atagunov » Wed May 13, 2020 9:12 am

Hi,

- doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- SSD will be swapped between X220/X230/T520

would like to

- lower power usage on battery
- set...

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Wed May 13, 2020 9:12 am
Zorin OS

Last post by riffer « Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:36 am
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by jronald » Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:54 am

OK, so if you go back through several years of my posts, you will find Im no huge fan of Windoze. I had/have promised never to upgrade from XP to...

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Last post by riffer
Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:36 am
Time for a "what distro are you running" thread...

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by Scottfish » Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:55 pm
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I just picked up a new to me T440P. I am taking my time deciding what distro to run. I feel like I always default to Ubuntu due to ease and comfort,...
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Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:51 pm
Looking for a broker that also runs on Linux?

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by phillip1 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 2:14 am

Hello everyone
Have a problem and I hope that I will got a useful answer on this Forum.
I've been looking for a reputable Broker in which the...

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Wed Apr 15, 2020 2:42 am
How to make trackpont work under linux

Last post by skx « Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:23 pm
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by radiator » Fri Feb 21, 2020 7:04 am

I have been experimenting with manjaro linux and don't know how to make trackpoint (and scroll button) work under my linux. Evetything works fine...

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Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:23 pm
[Debian] Thinkfan Installation Guide + Configuration Tutorial

Last post by Paul Unger « Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:00 pm
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by Sense » Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:40 pm

Hi everyone. This community has been extremely helpful to me and I've decided to write a beginner friendly guide to installing and configuring...

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Fri Mar 20, 2020 8:00 pm
Power regression from Linux 5.2 to 5.3 under Debian on X390

Last post by dcpurton « Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:37 pm
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by dcpurton » Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:51 pm

I'm running Debian Testing on a ThinkPad X390. The details of the system are:

** Model information
sys_vendor: LENOVO
product_name: 20Q0CTO1WW...

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Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:37 pm
my T420's camera: how do I know it's on?

Last post by dr_st « Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:38 am
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by angelofthesouth1 » Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:51 pm

Hello. A friend wants to use cameras with me, and fortunately, the T420 I am currently using has one. (Well, that is a camera on the top center of...

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Last post by dr_st
Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:38 am
410 v 430 low battery alarm

Last post by Jake.Werecat « Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:12 pm
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by T410 » Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:45 pm

I have a 410 running Mint 17.3 (yes I know its obsolete) that sounds an alarm when the battery hits 5%. I have no idea why, but it has always done so...

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Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:12 pm
What do you do with Linux?

Last post by rjsrjs « Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:11 am
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:20 pm
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I'm a Windows person and I'm just curious, what do you Linux for, and is it Linux only?
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Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:11 am
USB-C Thunderbolt Issues (I have a T480) and Linux. Do I need to do anything?

Last post by skx « Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:50 pm
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by kennyschiff » Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:07 am

I have a T480. I run Pop OS (Ubuntu variant). I don't have Windows installed at all. I am not specifically having the problems referred to. Do I need...

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Last post by skx
Sun Jan 26, 2020 9:50 pm
Thinkpad off but dock usb is still on

Last post by whqdz « Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:46 pm
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by whqdz » Fri Oct 25, 2019 4:24 am

Hello :)

I wonder if it's a normal behaviour that the dock usb ports are still on when the laptop has been turned off? Is there any solution in...

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Last post by whqdz
Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:46 pm
Recovering wifi on X270

Last post by jpffitch « Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:36 pm

by jpffitch » Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:36 pm

I run openSSE 15.1 on Lenovo X270 and somehow, probably related to Fn/F8 I managed to switch wifi off. My question is how do I get it back. I hve...

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Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:36 pm
Thinkfan Details for T480 on Mint (or Ubuntu)

Last post by kennyschiff « Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:31 am

by kennyschiff » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:31 am

I had moved my drive from an older X230 and Thinkfan appears to be running, but best I can tell it's on auto. Can someone share a valid T480 Thinkfan...

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Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:31 am
Which ThinkPad gen suits best for Net/Free/OpenBSD?

Last post by KentT « Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:12 pm
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by Tasurinchi » Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:27 pm

As the title says...

I got curious about the above mentioned OS's and was wondering which ThinkPad generation would be good to start playing with...

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Last post by KentT
Sun Sep 22, 2019 9:12 pm
Looking for a devil's advocate: why SHOULDN'T I move to Linux completely ?

Last post by KentT « Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:27 pm
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by ajkula66 » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:10 pm
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Those amongst you can be bothered to read my posts (rants ?) about operating systems are likely aware of the fact that for the past couple of years...
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Last post by KentT
Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:27 pm
Thinkpad + Linux = I really want to learn !!

Last post by axur-delmeria « Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:33 am
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by NothingNew1 » Sun Aug 04, 2019 10:02 am

Hello,
From what research I've gathered Thinkpasds seem to be the majorties choice on running linux. I don't know really anything when it comes to...

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Last post by axur-delmeria
Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:33 am
How To Remove ME, T400 For Libreboot ?

Last post by Arc « Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:41 am
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by NothingNew1 » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:06 am

Hello,
I'm trying to remove the ME in my T400 for Libreboot, but I can't find anything related specifically for my machine and everything else I come...

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Last post by Arc
Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:41 am
trackpoint left click acts as a left + middle click

Last post by mircodz « Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:30 pm
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by mircodz » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:21 pm

For the couple of months I've been having a really annoying problem:

all of the following diagnostics were obtained thanks to:
xinput test 10...

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Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:30 pm
How to preserve EISA-partition?

Last post by BigCatAndy « Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:22 pm

by BigCatAndy » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:22 pm

Hello everyone,
I have one question: how can I preserve EISA-partition of Rescue and Recovery on the HDD when installing Linux? I have one T60 with...

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Last post by BigCatAndy
Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:22 pm
Keys above numpad for E/L/T models

Last post by ununoctium « Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:50 pm
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by ununoctium » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:02 pm

Hi,

I've recently bought an E590 and in general I'm very happy with the device. However, there are two issues with the additional keys above the...

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Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:50 pm
Android-x86 anyone?

Last post by hopgarden53 « Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:20 pm
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by hopgarden53 » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:58 pm

Android-x86 8.1-r2 (oreo-x86) 32-bit ISO
Installation to Windows HD (ntfs)
Grub Android/Windows 10 Multiboot
Thinkpad X60 tablet - 6366-K7G

Installs...

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Last post by hopgarden53
Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:20 pm
T430 and Linux Pop_os running hot

Last post by agklimit « Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:00 am
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by thinking_of_pads » Mon Jul 01, 2019 7:53 am

Hi everyone,
My first & desperate panic post.

Please help resolve my problem.

I have a T430 with discrete nvidia graphics card.

I have two...

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Last post by agklimit
Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:00 am
Questions on buying a Linux laptop

Last post by skx « Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:53 am
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by Gowesari » Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:59 am

Say for example I go into a Dell Store and find a laptop preinstalled with Ubuntu.

1) is the version of Ubuntu preinstalled the latest version? Or...

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Last post by skx
Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:53 am
Turning microphone off

Last post by w0qj « Fri May 17, 2019 1:09 pm
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by Gurky » Fri May 17, 2019 6:34 am

I have a project of digitising all my grammophone records using a digitiser.
It feeds into the Thinkpad via a USB connection and I use Audacity. Now...

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Last post by w0qj
Fri May 17, 2019 1:09 pm
Throw me Distro suggestions!

Last post by skx « Sat May 11, 2019 10:21 am
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by Thinkpad4by3 » Sun Dec 16, 2018 5:36 pm

I have an X61s sitting on a shelf. I pulled it out today to take it for a spin. Don't really want W10 on it and W7 is just too ordinary.

Was going...

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Last post by skx
Sat May 11, 2019 10:21 am
T420: Linux Driver for Modem (RJ45 Dialup)

Last post by axur-delmeria « Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:19 pm
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by andrewferguson » Sun Apr 21, 2019 11:08 am

I while ago I was thinking that it would be neat to learn more about the specifics of using dial-up modems (I'm too young to have learned how they...

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Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:19 pm
what is the best linux distro for thinkpad x41 tablet?

Last post by Arc « Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:39 pm
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by ijunsung » Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:22 am

Hi,

I am a beginner in linux and am interested in installing linux into my old thinkpad x41 tablet.

* Mint 18.3 xfce

I installed this linux...

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Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:39 pm
Who did the 5.0 kernel upgrade

Last post by TRS-80 « Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:25 pm
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by whqdz » Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:47 pm

Hello :)

Does anybody did the upgrade to the new 5.0 kernel? I see in the changelog there is some improvements about power management and I would...

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Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:25 pm
PCLinuxOS2007 & Huawei(Vodafone)E220 3G-Modem on TPi1200

Last post by johnmina « Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:58 am
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by mactastic » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 am

Last year, when I tried Fedora 6 on my i1200 ThinkPad, I had to disable USB before the OS could boot up. Without USB, it was too restrictive and not...

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Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:58 am
Linux Mint Installtion

Last post by Neil « Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:59 am
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by knut » Sun Feb 03, 2019 5:36 am

Think Pad 600x, xp

Hallo dear friends !

I got a present - an old Think Pad, which appears to me to be a wonderful still very useful instrument....

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Last post by Neil
Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:59 am
Help - How to get drivers for Radeon x1400?

Last post by cobalt60 « Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:00 am
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by Ya Dad » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:32 am

Some games are having trouble running on my T60 that would otherwise run under Windows XP. When trying to open Portal via Steam, an error pops up...

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Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:00 am
xscreensaver eating Fn-4 (suspend) keypress

Last post by jana_kazakh « Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:24 am

by jana_kazakh » Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:24 am

Hello,

I have an X250 running Arch Linux & XFCE, which is configured to lock the screen with xscreensaver when the Fn-4 key combination is pressed,...

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Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:24 am
IBM may be buying Red Hat Linux (subject to shareholders' agreements)

Last post by skx « Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:58 pm
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by w0qj » Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:11 pm

IBM may be buying Red Hat Linux (subject to shareholders' agreements)...

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Thu Nov 08, 2018 12:58 pm
Kubuntu/Plasma DPI Scaling

Last post by Dekks « Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:12 am
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by the1corrupted » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:37 am

Hello, everyone! So I decided to put Kubuntu on my T450s that literally refuses to shutdown. I am thrilled that everything is working out of the box...

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Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:12 am
Linux mint is there but it won't boot

Last post by GrifterGuru « Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:15 pm
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by brutus9 » Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:51 pm

so I bought a lenovo thinkpad e130
i put mint on it
everything was fine
then it stopped working
I figured out that this was because the hard drive...

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Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:15 pm
How to reactivate WWAN / mobile broadband card?

Last post by MikalE « Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:54 am
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by BigCatAndy » Sun Oct 14, 2018 1:25 am

Hello, I have Thinkpad X60 with Sierra Wireless MC8755 as WWAN / UMTS modem. I installed Linux Mint 18 with XFCE, I could see this card with lsusb...

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 7:54 am
Overheating while compiling an Android ROM

Last post by portsample « Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:13 am
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by portsample » Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:06 am

Hey all- I've got a T61 with an X9000 processor that I used to (partially) compile an Android ROM from source with this evening. I got about 25% of...

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Fri Sep 28, 2018 9:13 am
Optimizations

Last post by Seweryn « Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:00 pm
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by mugenn » Sun May 13, 2018 2:40 pm

Knowing the community behind thinkpads, I imagine some people have done some optimizations to improve them software-level. I have an x230 and I'm...

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Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:00 pm
Linux: WinTel "refugee" ~ Must-Know Tips ???

Last post by skx « Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:39 am
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by Dekks » Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:19 pm

For you 1 simple tip - Use concise plain text when posting in linux/BSD forums or mailing lists or you probably won't get much help.

PS Dual boot...

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Last post by skx
Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:39 am
different Xubuntu install

Last post by bayou self « Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:46 pm
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by bayou self » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:51 pm

I've installed Xubuntu (18.04) plenty of times for dual-booting with Windows 7, and it always detected that OS and presented me with the option of...

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Thu Jul 26, 2018 3:46 pm
Thinkpad Tablet 1838

Last post by Legion99 « Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:41 pm

by Legion99 » Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:41 pm

Good morning.
I was an unfortunate purchaser of a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet, 1838 model running on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 1.0GHz dual-core CPU.
Within...

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Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:41 pm
Virtual keyboard for Yoga 260

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by MountainX » Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:21 pm

I have not been able to get a virtual keyboard working correctly on my ThinkPad Yoga 260 running Arch Linux. Anyone here have a success story with a...

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Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:21 pm

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