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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@mikael" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mikael</span></a></span> consider some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/surplis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surplis</span></a>'d / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/refurbished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refurbished</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> L/T/E-Series machines with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> CPUs and [wireless] NICs.</p><ul><li>They can be had oftentimes for &lt;€250 in good and sometimes even in &lt;€100 condition if you don't need a battery and don't mind damages to the case thatare ugly but don't impede functionality...</li></ul>
mikael<p>So, what’s a good used <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> model? Do you have a fave?</p><p>I think the <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dell</span></a> Latitude’s are swell looking, the Thinkpad’s as well (even if they’re a bit overrated).</p><p>Needs an IPS display and should be below 15”. Should preferably not be more than 5–7 years old or so. I need *some* performance for photo editing on the go.</p><p>Should run Linux/Fedora well. I don’t want to mess around with Wi-Fi card drivers, so there should be support for that in the kernel.</p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a></p>
Darkas Vim<p>All I need in this world is a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> with some flavor of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> installed and a phone with unlimited hotspot data. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/itsthesimplethings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>itsthesimplethings</span></a></p>
ThinkPad-Museum<p>Interessant: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/766161/framework-egpu-haptic-touchpad-trackpoint-nub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/766161/frame</span><span class="invisible">work-egpu-haptic-touchpad-trackpoint-nub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a></p>
Samhain Night<p>I also have the master PS file for my housecleaning flier on it and I noticed a typo on and now I can't fix it! D'oh!<br>I replaced the hard drive a few yrs ago and the tracking pad and replaced the RAM chips, so this isn't beyond me hopefully, but it's still a PITA.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ComputerRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerRepair</span></a></p>
Nathan 🇵🇷<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@tg9541" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tg9541</span></a></span> </p><p>The reason I use <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> is for the step-by-step disassembly instructions on their website, it's not difficult to remove/clean/replace the kb.</p><p> I've still got a couple of t430's in service because the docking stations are so great. </p><p>I miss the drop-in docks, trying to find the usb-c port without my glasses is frustrating. <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> needs to bring back the clicky docks</p>
ABSURD<p>I installed Void on my Thinkpad :thaenkin: yesterday; </p><p>it went smoothly other than some PEBKAC and Wi-Fi-related issues. Which have been resolved.</p><p>It's really fast. Liking it so far.<br>:catjam:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voidlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voidlinux</span></a></p>
Acesabe<p>Any <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a> laptop users out there; are they a better option for a work machine than a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a>? The price (AMD version) would be about the same...My concern is the build quality, looks a bit Lego like. The modularity of the Framework on paper sounds great but would it really be in practice?</p>
Tio<p>I switched to a ThinkPad and I love it - <a href="https://www.tiotrom.com/2025/08/i-switched-to-a-thinkpad-and-i-love-it/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tiotrom.com/2025/08/i-switched…</a></p><p>My Dell laptop broke and I was forced to quickly buy another laptop. I chose a very cheap ThinkPad and I love it!</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a></p>
ThinkPad-Museum<p>Yay, my proposal - a talk about the changes of <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> keyboards over the time and their influence on the <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/MechanicalKeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MechanicalKeyboard</span></a> scene - was accepted. 🥳 </p><p>See you on October 11th 2025 at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mechanicon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mechanicon</span></a></span> ⌨️ </p><p>Details here: <a href="https://mechanicon.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mechanicon.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.social/@thinkpadmuseum/114796755729928027" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.social/@thinkpadmuseu</span><span class="invisible">m/114796755729928027</span></a></p>
Ruben ~ Kedara.eu<p>I'm very happy with my new (secondhand) <a href="https://kedara.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> T14 Gen 2i 20W0004DMH (2023)<br><br>Everything worked out of the box with <a href="https://kedara.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> Trixie, including the fingerprint reader (using fprintd - don't remember if I installed it or not). I especially love the trackpoint and the feel of the keyboard. It has an Intel Core i5-1135G7 with 16GB RAM - plenty powerful enough for me so far.<br><br>Conclusion: I'm very glad to have joined the <a href="https://kedara.social/tags/thinkpadclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpadclub</span></a> 😁</p>
Orion Ussner kidder<p>I have twice now found my laptop drained of power (Thinkpad T4, Debian / Gnome), and I think it might be because the lid sometimes sits slightly open. I will try manually putting it to sleep before I put it away. Interesting experiment.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThinkpadT14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkpadT14</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grumpygamer</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SteamFevk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamFevk</span></a> is basically the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/baseline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baseline</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LinuxGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxGaming</span></a> machine"</em>...</p><ul><li>Obviously with way better headroom than some hand-down <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> with 4GB DDR3 RAM and Intel HD4000 iGPU…</li></ul>
matthew - retroedge.techIs the ThinkPad T480 the most recent 14 inch ThinkPad laptop to have a full size SD card reader? <br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.retroedge.tech/tag/thinkpad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thinkpad</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.retroedge.tech/tag/sdcard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SDcard</a>
Ruben ~ Kedara.euRequest for Thinkpad buying advice
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p>A thing that only nerds do: opening a brand new notebook before first boot. 🤓</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/X13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X13</span></a></p>
Johannes Kastl<p>Dear <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> enthusiasts, does anyone know whether the display from a T460s would be usable on a T460 (without s)?</p><p>Still got a T460 which only works with an external display, but have a T460s that I got for the spare parts...</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/upcycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upcycle</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a></p>
Admiral Shark<p>Whilst I was archiving some <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> documents for my posterity and research, I came across these <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> paper models amongst the IBM/Lenovo Japan lot! You print, trim, and then assemble. I have not found other language versions. Download links in subsequent comments.</p>
Eugene :freebsd: :emacslogo:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://podcasts.social/@thinkpadmuseum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thinkpadmuseum</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@nikhotmsk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nikhotmsk</span></a></span> Possibly you already saw these articles :drgn_blush: </p><p>First, about soldering expansion board for 2K display, installing new WiFi card, three hard drives (2 SSD, 1 HDD, overall capacity is near 1.2 TB), physically swapping Left Ctrl with Fn and sewing a leather case for the laptop: <a href="https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/07/07/thinkpad-x220-second-life.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">7/07/thinkpad-x220-second-life.html</span></a></p><p>Second and 3rd, about <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Libreboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libreboot</span></a> on the laptop: <a href="https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/12/21/thinkpad-x220-libreboot.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">2/21/thinkpad-x220-libreboot.html</span></a> , <a href="https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/07/09/update-libreboot-to-25-06.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/09/update-libreboot-to-25-06.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/libreboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libreboot</span></a></p>
Eugene :freebsd: :emacslogo:<p>Participated in the Undefined hacker's festival and have a speech about my modded <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> X220.</p><p>Looks like I'm not only like to write enormously big blogposts. But also I'm able to make an enormously big presentations :drgn_blush_giggle: — my limit was 30 minutes and (looks like) my presentation was made for 1.5 hours, so <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vmst.io/@nikhotmsk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nikhotmsk</span></a></span> stopped my endless speech :drgn_blush_giggle: </p><p>It was a lot of fun. First, I fixed the lamp, when came to the place. Then, I perform the presentation in the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> through the VGA cable. Looks like it was unshielded, so a lot of cool video-noise from a DJ's devices were visible on the projector's screen during the presentation.</p><p>At least, I spoke something about WiFi drivers in <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> and about <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Xserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xserver</span></a> before my time was out :drgn_happy: </p><p>Also, I met one of the fedifriends IRL. Sadly, I forgot to ask about his username, so if you are reading this — please mention me in the replies :drgn_lurk_cute:</p>
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