who has LINUX or OS/2 loaded on their T42..?

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benplaut · #91 Post by **benplaut** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:01 pm

i think, if we could get some good Linux coders with thinkpads (Bill giving them away was seriously wishful thinking...), then this could develop into yet another distro, except specific to Thinkpads.

Of course, it would have to be based on another distro, because starting from scratch is way too much work. I think the best ones to use as a base would be either Ubuntu/Kubuntu (one is for Gnome and one is for KDE), Fedora Core 4 (when it is officially released), or SuSE (do they allow 'latch on' distros? not sure...)

IMO From what i've seen in online forums, etc... a large number of laptop linux users are running thinkpads.

If anyone else thinks this should be done, i could put out a general bulliten in a few linux forums and see if any coders would volunteer their time

Leon · #92 Post by **Leon** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:19 pm

Great idea! Go for it!

baraider · #93 Post by **baraider** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:07 pm

over at the x1000 forum (x1000forums.com) there is a project that creates specified gentoo version for x1000 and most of its clones machines. They have to version 3 and I tried it and liked it....

http://x1000.bitbuilder.com/

I think if a person has skills, this can be done easily. I personally like gentoo and its easiness.

benplaut · #94 Post by **benplaut** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:53 pm

personaly, i think that Gentoo, although a terrific distro, would not really be suitable for this platform. It really isn't user-freindly enough for this user market. As far as i can see.. some of the people buying/using this distro/TPs from Bill would be geeks who ae interested in the bleeding edge, but the majority would probably be home linux users who don't want to go through the hassle of getting their TPs linuxified.

OK, i'll post in a few forums about it

(i did a bit more research, and i am now thinking that Debian based or Distro Based on Debian based... just IMO)

Leon · #95 Post by **Leon** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:53 pm

Great! We appreciate your efforts and look forward to hearing what you get back from the groups.

benplaut · #96 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:20 am

Leon wrote:Great! We appreciate your efforts and look forward to hearing what you get back from the groups.

for some reason i think they deleted my post

i looked at the TOS, and it seemed OK

#97 Post by **BillMorrow** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:53 am

why would "they" delete your post..?

try again..

i think its a good idea too..

benplaut · #98 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:44 am

morrow wrote:why would "they" delete your post..?

try again..

i think its a good idea too..

"they" as in the admins of the board

Note to all forum owners: When you delete a post, PM the person who made it... don't leave them searching for hourse on end for what they know they've written

i will try again on another forum... i don't want to get banned

runixd · #99 Post by **runixd** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:13 pm

There is no need to create the whole distro just for a thinkpad, all that is needed is installer, which can identify a model and do a proper setup. It should include specific thinkpad drivers (trackpad) and utilities, the rest can go on as usual setup. This can easily be done with debian and is not that much work. If there is interest, shout.

Leon · #100 Post by **Leon** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:13 am

HEYYYYYYYYY! :O)

P.S. Please update your profile with Location and other relevant information. Not required, but appreciated.

benplaut · #101 Post by **benplaut** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:34 am

Leon wrote:HEYYYYYYYYY! :O)

P.S. Please update your profile with Location and other relevant information. Not required, but appreciated.

you guys are really persistant about that

it gives the forum a more homely feel (a good thing

)

#102 Post by **BillMorrow** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:50 pm

runixd wrote:There is no need to create the whole distro just for a thinkpad, all that is needed is installer, which can identify a model and do a proper setup. It should include specific thinkpad drivers (trackpad) and utilities, the rest can go on as usual setup. This can easily be done with debian and is not that much work. If there is interest, shout.

ok, go ahead and create the installer..

benplaut · #103 Post by **benplaut** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:57 pm

morrow wrote:
runixd wrote:There is no need to create the whole distro just for a thinkpad, all that is needed is installer, which can identify a model and do a proper setup. It should include specific thinkpad drivers (trackpad) and utilities, the rest can go on as usual setup. This can easily be done with debian and is not that much work. If there is interest, shout.
ok, go ahead and create the installer..

2nd that

(or better yet, do it with Ubuntu? it can't be too much different... based on debian...)

baraider · #104 Post by **baraider** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:32 pm

utunbu 5.04 came out today....can't wait for someone else to try on their T43

benplaut · #105 Post by **benplaut** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:38 pm

baraider wrote:utunbu 5.04 came out today....can't wait for someone else to try on their T43

it'll be on my T40 in a few hours

baraider · #106 Post by **baraider** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:28 pm

bravo...can't wait to see how you like it....you should document every step as it may help others

benplaut · #107 Post by **benplaut** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:31 pm

baraider wrote:bravo...can't wait to see how you like it....you should document every step as it may help others

i plan to...

>>backed up until Sunday morning... ACT testing

v_parthi · #108 Post by **v_parthi** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:54 pm

Wait for SuSE 9.3 prof until this mid april. Surely the best.

Wireless+ Bluetooth+all work well.

Parthiban.

benplaut · #109 Post by **benplaut** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:57 pm

v_parthi wrote:Wait for SuSE 9.3 prof until this mid april. Surely the best.

Wireless+ Bluetooth+all work well.

Parthiban.

using 9.2 right now...

but i am getting a little voice in my head saying "Bloatware! Bloatware!"...

<<>>
going in for the install in 15min... wish me luck!

baraider · #110 Post by **baraider** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:19 pm

goodluck..report back asap

where is my screenshots.

benplaut · #111 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:19 am

baraider wrote:goodluck..report back asap

where is my screenshots.

don't have any screenshots at the moment... but...

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=63541

oggialli · #112 Post by **oggialli** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 5:04 pm

I have had Debian Sid installed on my T42P 2373-GTG ever since i bought it. Now it is waiting for a replacement LCD till Tue due to my carelessness ;(

jcypher · #113 Post by **jcypher** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:37 pm

I just installed solaris 10 for i386 on my Thinkpad T42p using the free dvd download from sun.com. It mostly works great.

Here's the pros:
It recognizes all my RAM (2GB)
Their free update manager works dandy, although I wish it had more detailed info about each patch, along with links to more info at sun.com.
The CDE and Java desktop environments run fine even at 1600x1200.
The companion cd and those utils are quite handy (gcc etc)
USB mass storage (like flash drives) works fine.
Sound works (although a bit choppy, I need to find a better driver).
Gig ethernet card builtin was recognized and works fine.

Now here's the cons:
Builtin wireless intel ipw2200 wasn't recognized.
Builtin bluetooth wasn't recognized.
battery status applet was not included.
DVD player won't play movies (yet -- I'll keep working on this one).
VMWare won't work. (I still need XP or Linux to do this).
ipf doesn't yet work properly (at least not easily).
numerous unnecessary services (for a laptop, anyway) were enabled by default.

bhtooefr · #114 Post by **bhtooefr** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 5:29 am

You may want to refer to these guys: http://www.epios.net/

They created a distro for the VIA EPIA line of motherboards... IIRC, it's Debian-based, but everything's been optimized for the VIA C3 instead of i586 (because the EPIAs run C3s, which need all the optimization you can get to compete with a P3 at half the clock speed...)

ddutta · #115 Post by **ddutta** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:58 pm

I think IBM has an internal Linux distro where everything works.

I have used Mandrake 10.1 and managed to configure the wireless, thinkpad buttons, standby, CPU throttling etc.

check www.thinkwiki.org

who has LINUX or OS/2 loaded on their T42..?

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