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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
Light weight linux distros

Last post by coolcat37 « Thu May 14, 2026 8:06 am
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by UnknownFallout » Sat May 09, 2026 6:01 pm

What light weight distros does everyone recommend?

My T430 has i7-3820QM processor, heatsink upgrade, 16 gigs of ram. The device originally came...

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Last post by coolcat37
Thu May 14, 2026 8:06 am
You can say bye to your classic Thinkpad soon

Last post by farmall « Thu May 07, 2026 9:58 pm
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by mikemex » Thu May 26, 2022 10:36 pm

According to this article , the Mesa DRI code supporting most older graphics chipsets (i965 tree) is going to be deprecated soon. The new driver...

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Thu May 07, 2026 9:58 pm
NetSurf 3.11 compilation for classic Ubuntu

Last post by farmall « Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:56 am
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by lukee » Wed Jan 21, 2026 5:45 am

Hello all,
I made some progress in preparation of NetSurf 3.11 code to be compiled on Ubuntu 8.04's development toolchain. It basically required few...

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Last post by farmall
Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:56 am
Trackpad unusable with Ubuntu (Unity) 24 LTS

Last post by farmall « Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:42 am
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by gdeangel » Sat Feb 21, 2026 8:37 pm

I have a T16 that is humming nicely with Ubuntu Unity running as dual boot with it's own boot partition. The factory Win11 image sits idle EXCEPT...

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Last post by farmall
Thu Mar 26, 2026 11:42 am
Thinkpad T460s and Linux Ubuntu

Last post by kpevav « Sun Jan 25, 2026 8:37 am
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by kpevav » Sat Jan 24, 2026 2:43 pm

I have not used this machine much in the last few years and today installed Ubuntu onto it, keeping the Windows core. If I remove Windows completely,...

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Sun Jan 25, 2026 8:37 am
Ubuntu & Mint installation failure on T400

Last post by micrex22 « Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:55 am
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by PhoenixR » Mon May 20, 2024 9:27 am

I tried installing the latest versions of Ubuntu, Kubuntu & Mint (downloaded from the official websites) on a couple of T400 from a scratch and...

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Wed Oct 22, 2025 9:55 am
Your favorite Linux distro on a Thinkpad? Why?

Last post by thinkpadt41p « Fri Sep 12, 2025 12:37 pm
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by XE1UFO » Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:43 pm
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Hello again, friends.

I have been using Linux a long time, ever since Mandriva 6 in the last century. After that, Mandriva 7 and 8, then Redhat 8.0,...
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Fri Sep 12, 2025 12:37 pm
T16 w/ Eng Sample processor

Last post by ZaZ « Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:09 pm
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by o9o » Thu Aug 21, 2025 6:04 am

Hi guys!
I just got a very nice T16 G2.
It's got great specs and I got it for a good price, buuuuut....it has an engineering sample processor....

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Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:09 pm
NVIDIA's v580 Driver Branch Ends Support for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs

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by unix_joe » Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:02 pm

NVIDIA has confirmed that its upcoming 580 driver series will be the final release to offer official updates for three of its older GPU...

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Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:02 pm
P50/PopOS/40A5 dock, dGPU driver issues/ext. monitor not detected after sleep

Last post by 755cdxd « Mon May 05, 2025 4:48 am
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by Mop5076 » Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:00 pm

Hi,

I've already posted somewhere else but couldn't find any help. Meanwhile I've done some tests and suspect that I'm having a driver issue.

The...

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Mon May 05, 2025 4:48 am
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on W520 - Problems with the Quadro 2000M

Last post by Treeman « Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:30 pm

by Treeman » Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:30 pm

Hallo,

I'm trying to run Ubuntu 24.04 on my W520 (it would be a shame to put this great piece of hardware to rest just because there are no further...

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Sat Apr 26, 2025 5:30 pm
UEFI dbx not applying after reboot.

Last post by dreiggy « Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:22 am
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by ttocs2k8 » Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:09 am

hello all.

im needing help and ive searched high and low.

i have a thinkpad e495 running ubuntu and my problem is i get a update for the uefi dbx...

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Last post by dreiggy
Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:22 am
Ubuntu not working on my T510 thinkpad

Last post by nine0 « Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:39 pm
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by nine0 » Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:51 am

Hello, I was trying to download Ubuntu on my Thinkpad T510 on a bootable flash drive. But everytime I would get to the start menu on Ubuntu on grub...

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Last post by nine0
Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:39 pm
Fingerprint reader on T61 and Fedora 35 not working

Last post by simon030 « Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:50 am
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by devinfriday » Thu Nov 18, 2021 5:37 am

Hi, i have a T61 with Fedora 35 and fingerprint reader. While fprint-enroll seems to register the print, nor sudo, nor on login the print works.
The...

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Last post by simon030
Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:50 am
To what extent is thinkpad keyboard programmable?

Last post by dr_st « Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:56 pm
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by replica9906 » Mon Jan 27, 2025 2:47 pm

I'm looking for an answer in general, but I'm mostly interested in X200 and T430. I'm a big fan of QMK. Will daily drive X220 as desktop replacement...

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Last post by dr_st
Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:56 pm
Make Exteranal Display VGA connection display wide screen Linux Mint?

Last post by babysheegoth « Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:00 pm

by babysheegoth » Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:00 pm

Have a T430 hooked up to external display via VGA.

Its only giving me two resolution options 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600 on the display tab.

Is there...

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Last post by babysheegoth
Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:00 pm
P1 Gen 3 kernel release 6.x reboot and shutdown not working

Last post by lennoT1g3 « Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:56 am

by lennoT1g3 » Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:56 am

Hi
Does anyone have P1gen3 that works on linux kernel 6?
My 20TJS02P1W different distributions with kernel 6 and restart/shutdown does not work in...

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Last post by lennoT1g3
Thu Aug 08, 2024 2:56 am
Finicky citrix xendesktop

Last post by bravo3 « Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:13 am
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by bravo3 » Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:18 pm

So I managed to run Mint 22 and its so light on the hardware its like running Win95 on my T60p. I plan on utilizing this for work and our company...

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Last post by bravo3
Tue Jul 30, 2024 11:13 am
RHEL Workstation on P1 Gen 5 - Basic Questions

Last post by muirrum « Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:11 pm
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by H-Atkinson » Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:03 am

So... Windows has finally become annoying enough that it has convinced me to jump ship to Linux in the near future. I'm preparing to make that move,...

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Last post by muirrum
Tue Jun 04, 2024 2:11 pm
Which cheap wifi/bluetooth combined card should I get for my bios modded L520?

Last post by GabennB « Fri May 17, 2024 2:58 pm
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by GabennB » Wed May 08, 2024 1:44 pm

I'm using Linux and I'm a bit scared of the obvious choice, which is the 7260 ac. (source: )

My main priorities are having 5ghz available, getting...

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Last post by GabennB
Fri May 17, 2024 2:58 pm
Theoretical oldest thinkpad to support gentoo x86?

Last post by nicefisher « Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:01 am
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by nicefisher » Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:03 pm

I want to get an old thinkpad for running a modern Linux on just because I think it would be funny :P
I already have Gentoo on my X60s, X61, and...

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Last post by nicefisher
Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:01 am
Using legacy Ubuntu Linux distribution with R51e

Last post by lukee « Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:43 pm
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by lukee » Sun Jan 21, 2024 4:21 pm

Hello all,
after some time I have took my R51e out of my cabinet to start to work on it again. It's like a charm to type on that keyboard; much...

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Last post by lukee
Thu Jan 25, 2024 2:43 pm
Quadro GPU on a P50 and Linux

Last post by marttt « Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:15 am
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by marttt » Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:49 am

Hi, and happy holidays!
We have a P50 with the Nvidia Quadro M2000M GPU. Currently we're running Windows 10, but thinking about switching to Linux....

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Last post by marttt
Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:15 am
Lazy jumping cursors on X220 with Debian 11 distro

Last post by N4b00 « Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:01 am

by N4b00 » Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:01 am

Hi guys. I've installed Debian 11 on my thinkpad X220(i5-2450m). All run smooth except the clickpad that have some random movements when i try to use...

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Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:01 am
Thinkpad x60s not shutting down all the way from linux

Last post by nicefisher « Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:29 pm
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by nicefisher » Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:55 pm

I have an X60s I just picked up, and when running linux (32 bit since it's an L2400) and shutting down either from a gui menu or terminal, the screen...

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Last post by nicefisher
Thu Nov 23, 2023 8:29 pm
Trying to boot tinycore Linux from PCMCIA

Last post by VennyTron « Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:32 pm
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by VennyTron » Wed Sep 13, 2023 3:47 pm

Hello all this is my first post,

My computer is a ThinkPad 760E and I’m trying to boot using a SanDisk ATA PCMCIA card with a 2GB Verbatim CF card...

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Last post by VennyTron
Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:32 pm
Window Maker Live: wmlive 0.95.7-0-beta test version

Last post by rumbero « Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:12 pm
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by rumbero » Fri Jan 01, 2016 6:10 pm

Happy New Year!

For a good start of the new year, a first beta test version of the next 'Window Maker Live' release 0.95.7 based on Debian/Jessie...

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Last post by rumbero
Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:12 pm
ThinkPad Linux Failure

Last post by Neil « Sat Jul 15, 2023 5:49 pm
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by davidwillsalden » Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:29 am

I have owned nothing but ThinkPads going back to the original IBM days, and have owned a half dozen produced by Lenovo. I currently still have a...

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Last post by Neil
Sat Jul 15, 2023 5:49 pm
Ideal Operating Systems

Last post by benlimanto « Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:39 pm
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by fl_flipper88 » Tue Dec 27, 2022 10:39 pm

I am a veteran Windows and Linux/Unix user for the past 23 some odd years and have recently squired an old X1 Carbon from my sister that used to...

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Last post by benlimanto
Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:39 pm
Want to try Linux on X220 with mSATA SSD

Last post by benlimanto « Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:37 pm
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by khtse » Wed Mar 28, 2012 10:56 pm

Ok, so I have decided to give Linux a try.

I'm getting a mSATA SSD for my X220 as a second disk drive and I'm going to put Linux on it. I'm going to...

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Last post by benlimanto
Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:37 pm
[SOLVED with Kernel 6.2.9] Boot failed on Kernel 6.2.7 and Kernel 6.2.8 on Thinkpad X220

Last post by benlimanto « Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:17 am
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by benlimanto » Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:51 pm

As title stated, Boot failed on Kernel 6.2.7 and Kernel 6.2.8 on Thinkpad X220. Does anyone also face same problem?

I tried to find any resource...

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Last post by benlimanto
Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:17 am
Experience running Windows as VM on pre-installed Linux TP ?

Last post by benlimanto « Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:09 am
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by southof40 » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:16 pm

I'm about to buy a new laptop. For years I have run Linux VMs on Windows 10 / T430s but I'm looking to turn that inside out and have a Linux laptop...

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Last post by benlimanto
Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:09 am
moving to Linux...

Last post by jlsmith42 « Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:31 am
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by Weogo » Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:37 pm

Hi Folks,

I'm minimally computer literate - and mostly just look at them as tools.
I've worked with a command prompt but very slowly.

My first...

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Last post by jlsmith42
Wed Feb 15, 2023 2:31 am
Arch Linux on a ThinkPad T43 / T43p

Last post by micrex22 « Mon Jan 16, 2023 6:18 am
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by micrex22 » Tue May 10, 2022 12:53 am

I got bored of Windows 7 and OS/2 on my T43s (just running OS/2 permanently on my T42 instead) so I decided to install Arch Linux 32 on my T43p. Keep...

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Last post by micrex22
Mon Jan 16, 2023 6:18 am
Time for a "what distro are you running" thread...

Last post by olddog « Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:54 pm
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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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Sat Jan 14, 2023 12:54 pm
thinkfan.conf for X301

Last post by benlimanto « Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:22 pm
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by mikemex » Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:45 am

Hi there,

I've been fiddling with thinkfan but I can't seem to get the /etc/thinkfan.conf file right in Ubuntu 22.04. Can you share a configuration...

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Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:22 pm
[SOLVED] How to map FN+Space zoom Thinkpad X220 into Scripts in ACPI Fedora 36

Last post by benlimanto « Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:55 am
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by benlimanto » Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:54 pm

Hello, I just jump ship from windows 7 to Linux Fedora 36, and I want to map my FN space, but the problem is it isn't working as it suposes to, the...

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Last post by benlimanto
Fri Oct 28, 2022 9:55 am
ThinkPad T480s backlight flicker in Linux?

Last post by Shhhh_Peaceful « Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:41 pm

by Shhhh_Peaceful » Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:41 pm

I have a weird issue with my ThinkPad T480s (i5-8250U, no dGPU) in Linux. The issue is that the LCD backlight starts flickering at about 15-20 Hz...

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Last post by Shhhh_Peaceful
Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:41 pm
Linux on T42

Last post by Dekks « Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:21 am
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by ziloo » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:55 am

Hello Folks,

Which Linux is the most stable OS on T42?
How about driver availability....

ziloo :mrgreen:

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Last post by Dekks
Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:21 am
Pre-installed Linux owners, what is your experience like with support?

Last post by rootinit « Tue May 24, 2022 12:35 pm
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by rootinit » Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:24 am

Just curious, for those who have purchased a ThinkPad specifically with a pre-installed Linux on it, have you ever had to contact support for...

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Tue May 24, 2022 12:35 pm
Power management : Linux Mint 20.3 and new P15 Gen 2 Thinkpad

Last post by mikemex « Sun May 22, 2022 6:46 pm
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by donzo » Sun May 22, 2022 5:37 pm

Hi all, I got my new P15 Gen 2 thinkpad, very exceited. First thing I did was wiped the windows and installed Linux Mint. Initially WIFI did not work...

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Sun May 22, 2022 6:46 pm
Lenovo USB-C "hybrid" dock connected during boot: Boot hangs and zpool does not get loaded

Last post by s-m-e « Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:32 am

by s-m-e » Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:32 am

I am trying to make a Lenovo Thinkpad P52 work with an Lenovo USB-C Hybrid Dock ( 40AF , see docks to avoid ...) on Linux Mint 20.3 Una 64bit...

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Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:32 am
Battery and Touchpad issues - P14s

Last post by UncleScrooge « Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:57 am

by UncleScrooge » Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:57 am

I am the happy owner of a Thinkpad P14s Gen1 with a AMD CPU since march 2021.

The problems I am going to describe occurred both with Ubuntu Gnome...

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Last post by UncleScrooge
Tue Mar 29, 2022 4:57 am
Fingerprint logon on Ubuntu 20.04

Last post by Jake.Werecat « Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:16 pm

by Jake.Werecat » Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:16 pm

Hi Guys, I'm in a middle of transitioning from outdated Windows 7 towards Windows 10 (in case of newer laptops) and Ubuntu (in case of X61f and M73...

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Last post by Jake.Werecat
Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:16 pm
Close with middle click Gnome Flashback

Last post by Jake.Werecat « Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:03 pm

by Jake.Werecat » Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:03 pm

Hi Guys,
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my X61s with GNOME Session Flashback installed, so it kinda resembles Gnome 2. I must say that I like this...

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Fri Mar 18, 2022 6:03 pm
Slow resume after hibernate on Gnome

Last post by dynaflux « Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:00 am

by dynaflux » Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:00 am

I have a X240 and decided to try Zorin OS (I've been running Linux Mint for ten years or so) but I have a problem I haven't been able to find any...

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Last post by dynaflux
Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:00 am
X41: Linux distro / DE recommendations

Last post by SAIYAN48 « Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:52 pm
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by Enig » Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:47 am

Hey guys,

I'm looking to add a Linux box to my toolset for my ThinkPad collection.
As I absolutely adore my X41, and don't think it's getting enough...

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Mon Feb 14, 2022 5:52 pm
Which ThinkPad gen suits best for Net/Free/OpenBSD?

Last post by euless « Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:41 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 euless
Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:41 pm
Random Problem (maybe Track Pad/Point related maybe)

Last post by euless « Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:42 am
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by euless » Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:31 pm

Hi

I have been distro hopping for past year. I always run into this one big issue on every distro: Linux would occasionally go crazy.
By crazy , I...

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Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:42 am

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