Scott McCarty3d ago
RHEL 10 maintenance support runs until 2035, with Extended Life Support after that. Panasonic Toughbook customers work in 5-year device replacement cycles.
Two full hardware lifecycles on the same OS. No forced platform migrations, no churn.
Techzine covered the Toughbook 56 launch in Stockholm — good write-up on why RHEL certification matters for defense and critical infrastructure.
https://www.techzine.eu/news/devices/139569/red-hat-powers-panasonic-toughbook-56-with-a-rugged-os/
#RHEL #EdgeComputing #OpenSource #Toughbook #Linux
Red Hat powers Panasonic Toughbook 56 with a rugged OS

During the unveiling of the latest Panasonic Toughbook in Stockholm, Windows 11 is running on its display units. However, customers of this rugged series

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Scott McCartyMar 19
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK is certified on RHEL. I worked with the Panasonic team on the RHEL 10 roadmap, so it's cool to see this Q&A with their TOUGHBOOK PM about the partnership.
Air-gapped, enterprise-secured, containerized edge computing on hardware tested against drops, dust, and water for 30 years. Defense, emergency response, field work.
https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/panasonic-connect-q-and-a
#EdgeComputing #RHEL #OpenSource #Toughbook #Linux
Panasonic Connect and Red Hat partner on RHEL-certified TOUGHBOOK

RHEL-certified TOUGHBOOKs combine unrivalled durability with interoperability and security. Learn why open source is the best fit.

Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Mar 5

The new keyboard turned up. It spent a holiday at Kenmore, then Australia Post tried to deliver it on the very day that neither of us is home… so my father picked it up from the post office this morning.

It took a bit of coaxing to get that top cover up and to get the adhesive to let go, but once I did that, it was plain sailing. This keyboard has a different feel to the old one, but I'm getting used to it already.

The old keyboard had keycaps that were popping up intermittently, especially right-shift and Enter. Very annoying. The left-hand keys are also well and truly polished after over a decade of regular use.

There was a tonne of crud in there too… including some grey fur… I wonder where that came from?

Anyway, below are the before and after photos. Well worth doing… and yes, a laptop that had a non-backlit keyboard can take a backlit one just fine … there's three sockets for the keyboard. When you plug the new one in: do the socket closest to the touch pad first, then connect the backlight socket (right-hand side), then the final socket.

#Keyboard #Toughbook #DIYRepair

Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)Feb 24

Back in November 2013, I bought myself a new laptop to celebrate that I was in full-time employment for the first time in my life.

The laptop was a Panasonic Toughbook CF-53 Mk2. I still have it, typing on it now in fact. Its had a few upgrades, but the keyboard is still the original.

A couple of the scissor switch mechanisms are starting to fail now, with a few keys becoming unresponsive or the key caps popping up. Most annoyingly, right-shift and enter. So it's new keyboard time.

I've ordered one of these, it's a backlit chiclet keyboard. Mine's not backlit, and not a chiclet, but it says its for CF-53 so hopefully will fit. $50 isn't a lot to spend anyway, so worth a gamble.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/276625672231

Replacement doesn't look hard from the iFixit article I found, so we'll see.

#CF53 #Toughbook #Keyboard #DIYRepair

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Starring the ComputerDec 22

Here's a collection of laptops in time for Christmas! "Primal Fear" has two Compaqs: an LTE Elite and Starring-the-Computer debutante Contura 400. "Coneheads" has a Toshiba T1000LE and "In the Mouth of Madness" has a GRiD 2260. Finally a couple more debutantes: a Dell Latitude D630 in a "Cobra Kai" episode and a Panasonic Toughbook CF-Y7 in an episode of "Burn Notice".

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2025-12-22%2016:17

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Show threadKevin Karhan Sep 8, 2025

@bjo Mich kotzt die gesamte #Technik - Entwicklung nur noch an.

Wenn Putin nicht sice in der Ukraine baun würde wünschte ich mir unsarkastisch nen "KalashBook":

Ich meine, Kalaschnikow's Söhne und Enkel haben zumindest in Deutschland das mit dem Marketing raus gehabt...

Kalashnikov Black

The task in developing the Boker Kalashnikov was to integrate design elements of the AK-47 assault rifle and base the design on the world-famous rifles. General Mikhail Kalashnikov has personally convinced himself of the production...

Boker Outdoor & Collection
keep_surfingAug 28, 2025

Ich bin vorerst begeistert von #emmabuntus #emmabuntüs #Debian

das #toughbook ist gefühlt älter als Steinkohle, #i686 #32bit.
Das angedachte #puppylinux wollte nicht (und einige andere 32bit- #distribution en ebenso), dafür hab ich #emmabuntus gefunden...

Schaut mal rein!

#Linux
#LinuxforAll

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