Looking for a new laptop that runs Linux out of the box? Get a ThinkPad!

Lenovo has been offering ThinkPads with Fedora and @ubuntu preinstalled for a few years now. The more people who shop for these devices, the more attention they can give to this business!

Here's an article of someone discovering Lenovo's Linux program: https://news.itsfoss.com/lenovo-cuts-windows-tax/

Warum, #Lenovo, warum zur Hölle?! Mich treibt dieses Tastaturlayout regelmässig zur Weissglut!

Fresh new instance, fresh new #introduction time.

I'm Erin, yet another autistic transgender anarchist from so-called Portland, Oregon. I used to have fancy tech jobs with titles like "Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer" until I burnt out, got laid off, and discovered that the tech industry was done with me. Nowadays I survive on a very part-time gig as a general technologist and some freelance tech work when I can find it. My part-time gig is unionized through the IWW, of which I am a proud member. I've been on fedi under various names and handles since GNU Social was the cool new thing.

My special interests include Cybersecurity, Casio watches, Dungeons & Dragons, Final Fantasy XIV, the Indieweb, Linux, old ThinkPads, XMPP, Yuri Anime and Manga, and stuffed sharks.

formerly @kvuzet

Here's a big list of tags:
#ActuallyAutistic #Anarchism #Blahaj #CyberSecurity #DnD #FFXIV #F91W #Frontend #Indieweb #InfoSec #IWW #Linux #Queer #RSS #SDF #ThinkPad #Tech #Trans #WebDev #XMPP #Yuri

New #blog post: Used laptops are wonderful... except when you need batteries

https://rldane.space/used-laptops-are-wonderful-except-when-you-need-batteries.html

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @twizzay @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #23

Wondering how well #NetBSD would work on my old #ThinkPad X240. I've read mixed successes but they were a bit older. I am thinking to set it up as a single-purpose machine. I want to use it only to help learning Bulgarian, e.g. dictionary, translator, etc, (I moved to Bulgaria recently and am still learning the language), without all the other distractions out there in the apps I usually have all the time running. Why #NetBSD? Because I haven't used it in a while. Will try it out.

New (used) daily driver - got it for 270 bucks...happy with it, good condition. Is there anything more satisfying than to start up a fresh machine and *before* Windows even asks for an account, you delete it and put Linux Mint on it?

I guess I should get some stickers for my main #Thinkpad. That’s what all the cool kids are doing right?

Day 01 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD

The plan is to:
* Set aside a bit of time every day this month to explore FreeBSD.
* Set up and evaluate FreeBSD as a desktop OS.

Start Here: Installed FreeBSD 14.2 on my Thinkpad T480s with Root-on-ZFS and encryption.

export TERM=wsvt25

Nanu? #lenovo #thinkpad gestern Abend in Standby geschickt. Heut morgen war es eingeschaltet?!
Laut Steckdose (Verbrauchsmessung) seit ca. 1 Uhr Morgens - was?!

Gibt es in #windows11 irgendeine Einstellung die Notebooks nachts aufwachen lässt?

Das #lenovo #thinkpad was ich hier habe, hat offensichtlich einen Hi-Res Bildschirm! Im Grunde hübsch (kenne ich ja vom MacBook schon lange) nur scheint Windows 11 damit teils durcheinander zu kommen - oder es liegt daran, dass ich auch per RemoteDesktop (vom Mac aus) darauf zugreife?

- manche Dialoge von Programmen sind via RDC _riesig_ groß und Controls damit unerreichbar
- am Thinkpad selbst sind dann manche Toolfenser (3rd party) _winzig_ klein also nicht skaliert

Bekannt? Lösungen?

My #luks #encryption password dialogue in #grub is at 100% scale on my 4k Z16 #lenovo #thinkpad display (meaning, tiny, 50% of the size it should be).
So, I added `GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1200` to my `/etc/default/grub` #configuration and concluded the change by running `sudo update-grub`.
This seems to have no effect. Even though it says `set gfxmode=1920x1200` in `/boot/grub/grub.cfg`
What am I doing wrong?
#linux #manjaro

Found a low res trans coloured IBM thinkpad wallpaper online, but couldn't find a better quality version, so I made one myself, and thought about sharing it here.

Ooh, you touch my talala

Repairing the worst ThinkPads was somewhat successful. Already sold one E15 gen1 with Nvidia GPU for 140€ yesterday.
Why are they the worst ThinkPads?
Well, the case is so flexible that it's only a matter till the motherboards get micro cracks.
And only the #ThinkPad E580 here has dual channel RAM.
Well, after selling all of them, I'll be getting the ThinkPad P15 gen1 which not only has dual RAM slots but also has removable keyboard and a lot of IO.