Got this L13 Yoga Gen 1 for 180 euros in MINT condition and holy shit....

I so impressed, its so satisfying to use it with Linux, its so compact and fast!

Love it!

I've been using Windows 10 Pro on my Thinkpad X270. Some people say that my Thinkpad is an old/weak one, I would disagree.

However, today I just putted a fresh install of Linux Mint on it and it's so fucking fast! The snappiness of this laptop is genuinely comparable to that of a brand new, modern laptop.

Things haven't ever loaded this fast before, not even on my main gaming pc.

That's all I really have to say. Hopefully my opinion resonated with someone.

I'm thinking about buying this ThinkPad. Should I get it? I want to test out some stuff on Linux and need a cheap notebook.

Lenovo ThinkPad T420 (Type 4236) incl. Docking Station (Type 4337)

Specs:

• Intel Core i5-2520M 2.5 GHz (2C/4T)
• 14.1" HD+ (1600×900) display
• Intel HD Graphics
• 4 GB RAM (2×2 GB)
• Crucial BX500 120 GB SSD
• CD/DVD writer

I'm finally one of the cool guys! Lol, even though I'm not a "Windows basher" it's crazy how much cooler and quieter a machine runs and how battery life increases when you run Linux.

Putting this here just in case anyone else was frustrated with the battery life on Linux Mint (Cinnamon) on their Carbon.

I installed Fedora Workstation on my Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 9... battery has improved by hours. I mean like anywhere from 2-4 hours extra depending on what I am doing. On Linux Mint I was getting a base discharge rate of 5 watts when completely idle and when watching Youtube on Brave was over 10 watts but on Fedora idle is 3 watts and Youtube is 7 watts. I should also note I was using TLP on Mint which had improved battery life slightly to the power daemon. I think the other other thing to note is that I did try Fedora with Cinnamon and it took a battery hit here as well, not as bad and Mint but still not as solid as Fedora with Gnome. Also, I just didn't like Cinnamon on Fedora, not as nice as the out of the box Cinnamon experience on Mint. I'll be keeping Fedora Gnome on my laptop because battery life matters to me and I don't mind the UI, for my PC however Mint will stay.

Currently I'm using Omarchy, but I'm really tired of Arch. Ubuntu was awful on this machine (it's the first time I've ever had an Ubuntu install break itself - and I really do mean itself, as it worked when I went to bed and was dead when I woke up with random packages missing despite the SSD being in perfect health - Fedora does too many things their own way for seemingly no other reason than being different...

I've narrowed it down to Void, debian, CachyOS or mint (LMDE since I'm not willing to take another chance on Ubuntu)... Leaning more towards CachyOS, but if any other T14 users have had good experiences with other distros, I'm open to suggestions!

I'm thinking of installing some form of Linux onto it. I'm going to be using it mainly for browsing and streaming videos, maybe some retro gaming.

The screen of X220 is extremely poor by today’s standards; 1366x768. It also has a much slower processor and storage. Somehow Linux with any DE makes it good enough that I never get frustrated about anything. I can get the job done equally well with old hardware. I think it’s a great testimony to Linux, and to trusty old thinkpads.

I've come across a used Lenovo ThinkPad T480 with the following specs:

Processor: i5-8th gen \ RAM: 8GB \Storage: 480GB SSD \Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 620

Currently, I'm in college and working on C++ development. I've always heard good things about ThinkPads and their durability. I'm wondering if this model would be a good fit for my needs. Additionally, are there other models within the ThinkPad series that might be a better choice for my requirements?

Dearly beloved,

Is there anyone running linux on w540?

What distro do you use and how do you manage make nvidia card running properly?

I needed UEFI today (using Linux Mint mostly, liveUSB often) again and recalled the pain. Why:

1. no countdown and automatic selection of boot menu?
2. why cursor is so slow (times slower than for legacy) to respond to keys when I need to edit boot menu entry?

P.S. that happens on several of mine old ThinkPads.

same price, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

E15 G2 15.6" i5-1135G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Intel Iris Xe Graphics

15 G2 ITL 15.6" i5-1135G7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics

I've read the E15 G2 may have some issues with linux? I can buy either rn.

What could cause this

I recently purchased a T480 and new need a docking solution too.
The T480 is running Debian + Lxde and I'm wondering if I'd be better with a mechanical dock station (Pro/Ultra docking station) or if I should rather go for a thunderbolt 3 solution.
I'm pretty sure I won't have compatibility problems with the Pro/Ultra docking station, but what about the TB3 ?
Also, is there any pro using a genuine Lenovo TB3 or any brand would do the trick.
I'm planning on connecting 2 DP/HDMI + 1 VGA displays and also need USB connectors for keyboard, mouse, printer and external DD.
Any advice or comment is greatly appreciated.

Probably the best server OS going, the web console is superb.

But the desktop... gah. Somebody needs to take Gnome 3 behind the barn and put it out if its misery.

It’s as if somebody studied the problem of the desktop metaphor being too efficient, and carefully increased the number of clicks to open the most frequently used apps to the theoretical limit.

I do like being able to sftp:// into a server from the file manager, and I think the settings layout is great, but I pine for the sanity and crisp layout of Cinnamon.

I’m trying to make my peace with gnome 3, but Fedora’s pathological opinionation about such things is why I abandoned it long ago.

Still, it’s very powerful and actually is geared to developers, unlike most distros where “geared to developers” is code for “half baked”.

rant

I think Google’s Material Design design language looks like ass, but it’s the latest fad among hip distros, and that’s unsettling to me.

Material Design was invented to paper over a strategic problem in Android — how to get phone apps to scale gracefully to a tablet, using a Fisher-Price widget set, sliding layers, textures and drop shadows to mop up the ocean of white space left over when a phone-sized layout is enlarged to a desktop-sized display.

But these flat themes aren’t even a proper adaptation of MD, they’re a paean to its ugliest aspect, flat and oversized icons against a gratuitously bland background, which serve to visually distinguish the “desktop” from other full-screen (or crude split-screen) apps running in the background because mobile OSes are gimped by their own form factor.

Real OSes have multiple independently movable, resizable, and overlapping windows allowing the user to choose how best to manage the screen real estate; MD is a giant step backward in both usability and aesthetics.

And the cherry on top for me is how the hip distros claim to be so thoughtful and elegant while offering a desktop environment rivaling only Windows 1.0 in beauty and sophistication.

/rant