WurzelmannWisst ihr, warum ich Thinkpads mag? Weil man sie reparieren kann. Habe ein "defektes" X1 Carbon um 40 € gekauft, neues Mainboard direkt bei Lenovo für 45 €, ausgetauscht und das Gerät ist wie neu.
Ian K TindaleWhere are the Thinkpad people on the fediverse? I’m becoming slightly open to the idea of having a computer that isn’t a MacBook, for the first time in, well, since Macs. Apparently the Thinkpad is the one to go for but I now discover they have a whole load of numbers and letters.
Looking at the specifications on YouTube for ‘greatest Thinkpad ever’ or ‘Thinkpad to install Linux on’ type of videos it looks to me that they’re fine for boring office stuff but I’m using Macs for art and design, and the thinkpads they all mention seem to have basic non-retina screens.
I should point out that I’ve never ever used the ‘windows’ OS, so have never used non Mac computers, but I’ve slightly used Linux as a user (not an expert) since the turn of the century but not on a serious level for art, not while I’ve got Macs sitting around.
Is there an ideal Thinkpad for Linux for art and design? That doesn’t cost too much? That’s still maintainable and repairable? #Thinkpad #Thinkpads
Looking at the specifications on YouTube for ‘greatest Thinkpad ever’ or ‘Thinkpad to install Linux on’ type of videos it looks to me that they’re fine for boring office stuff but I’m using Macs for art and design, and the thinkpads they all mention seem to have basic non-retina screens.
I should point out that I’ve never ever used the ‘windows’ OS, so have never used non Mac computers, but I’ve slightly used Linux as a user (not an expert) since the turn of the century but not on a serious level for art, not while I’ve got Macs sitting around.
Is there an ideal Thinkpad for Linux for art and design? That doesn’t cost too much? That’s still maintainable and repairable? #Thinkpad #Thinkpads
Hacker NewsLenovo's New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability
https://www.ifixit.com/News/115827/new-thinkpads-score-perfect-10-repairability
#HackerNews #Lenovo #ThinkPads #Repairability #TechNews #Sustainability #Innovation
Mohammed Ismail 
This week has been full of major improvements to my #Linux setup across my #ThinkPads. I now have:
1. Significantly faster boot times due to quicker #LUKS decryption by separating out #boot and #EFI into separate volumes.
2. Upgrade from #LUKS1 to #LUKS2 (while most of the rest of my setup)
3. Better visuals for LUKS passphrase prompts using (finally) #plymouth
I couldn't have asked for more improvements in barely two days.
Kevin Karhan 
@schenklklopfer dann ist wahrscheinlich dein USB-Ccontroller am Laptop fritte...
- Ist bei einigen #ThinkPads nen bekanntes Problem welche bein reboot ständig die Controller-Firmware reflashen!
tpaau@mephisto I was too scared to pick up an #ARM laptop for #Linux! I usually don't need more than ~8h of battery life, and modern laptops (even #thinkpads) don't always have the greatest Linux support anyway, no need to top it off with an ARM CPU.
Have you seen the new Intel's Lunar Lake chips? They are very well suited for notebooks too, despite using the x86 architecture.
IrishMASMSWell what do you know – The Electronics Flea Market (EFM) has moved back to Saturday mornings and if you park in lot 2 it is free. Looks as we get to share the campus with the farmer’s market, so I get to peruse fruit & veg for the week and get my nerd on. Hopefully I will find another security appliance from a vendor I do not have yet for my test rack in the garage.
The first date is Saturday March 14, 2026 at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA (south bay area): http://www.electronicsfleamarket.com/
See you there!
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L⚝cy idk ⚝ ⁂ ⁂ ⚝ ⚝@chmod777 for me is a must have a libre open source #bootloader. @system76, @starlabssystems, and @novacustom @purism. are companoes which offers #floss bootloaders for new #laptops. @all are there more ones? I am also want have a new one ;) There are also companies who put this on #Thinkpads. I don't know what u mean with light gaming. For studing, development and coding the horizon should be good.
Ich will nicht sagen, ich hätte zu viele Thinkpads, aber ich habe gerade festgestellt, dass ich zwei (!) Stück x330 besitze statt einem. Geilo. 😬
byte21516If you have a ThinkPad X220 Tablet and are a Linux user, this might be useful for you!
https://byte21516.xyz/blog/posts/2026/rotate-X220T/rotate-X220T.html