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I finally bought a thinkpad (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by Bluefruit@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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And of course I'm installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.

Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.

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[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And by outdated, like 2015. Old E7440s or even older work great with added memory. New battery and you have a nice laptop out of the e waste pile. The only weak spot are drives, SSDs are expensive so to stay cheap you might have to use old spinny in there.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

More like 2005

Pentium m laptops are almost useable. The biggest issue is the lack of 32 bit software.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I've got a Acer Aspire One with an Atom in it that I still use. The form factor is awesome, I wish it was 64 bit and 4 gig though. Just use it for emergency firewall management as I don't think it is getting updates.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Some of those atoms use weird powervr graphics that aren't supported by anything. Mine has an ati gpu which is helpful.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

I don't know what this one has but Mint runs OK on it.