Odobenoh no i went browsing second-hand thinkpads 
the 12.5" X270 is so cute 
Edit: ooh the X280 
Edit 2: X280 is on its way 
no thoughts head empty
thats why i need a thinkpad
My first ever computer of my very own was a ThinkPad[1] but I haven't owned another one ever since. I should really fix that.
[1] it had Win 98, even though XP was already out at the time
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Edit: fixed that
second-hand thinkpad ordered
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Edit: it's on its way 
Now comes the most important part of buying a new device: thinking of what to name it while waiting for it to arrive!
Edit: So it's a really small ThinkPad that I intend to use as a travel laptop. Therefore naming it after a migratory hummingbird would be fitting. It shall be: Eugenes after the Rivoli's hummingbird!
The saga so far:
Ordered an X280 1080p 16GB 
Received an X280 768p 16GB 
Listing was incorrect 
Seller has another X280 but that one has 8GB RAM and an ANSI keyboard 
They say they'll switch out the displays of the two machines so that I can finally have an X280 1080p 16GB 
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Update:
They did it!
I just received the laptop, I now have a ThinkPad X280 1080p 16GB with an ISO keyboard! 
Buying a decent used ThinkPad for 140€ feels really nice
Buying a new 1TB SSD for it for 70€ feels less nice 
256GB is too small and 512GB is simply not good value where I looked
Finally, full size arrow keys!
It's been 84 years.
Now, why couldn't they do this for the IdeaPad line? 
Speaking of keyboard layouts, Fn and Ctrl are swapped on this ThinkPad compared to my Lenovo Flex 
Edit: ah, there's an option in uefi setup to swap Fn and Ctrl!
charging muh laptop with USB-C ✨
the future is now
I love my Bloq Mayús
this thonkpad has crossed many international borders to start its second life
Okay, so this ThinkPad has a MicroSD slot 
I'm tempted to use the 1TB SSD I bought for it as an external SSD instead, buy a 256GB for the laptop and keep movies and music on an SD card 
Holey sheet... So I've had this ThinkPad for a week and I kept experiencing constant micro-freezes of the display of 1-2 seconds, no matter what Linux distro or desktop I tried.
I think I finally found a fix. It's caused by something called Panel Self Refresh. I disabled it with this kernel parameter:i915.enable_psr=0
It seems to be working well now 
All devices have their own quirks. On my other Lenovo laptop I had to specify the BSSID for either the 2.4 or 5GHz wifi signal, otherwise it kept jumping between the two and re-authenticating due to a bug.
I think I've settled on how I want this ThinkPad X280 to be set up. Initially I wanted to do the same as my other laptop; openSUSE with my janky rEFInd config. But then I thought about how I intend to use it as a travel laptop. See, I'm usually not a fan of disk encryption but if I'm going to be taking this machine with me to a lot of places... So I decided to encrypt. Which would be even more janky with rEFInd and I'm not a fan of GRUB so I opted for systemd-boot which is still experimental in openSUSE but seems to work well enough 
I'm so touchscreen brained
I keep poking at the display of this ThinkPad expecting things to happen 
I did it again with the emoji selector while writing thisss 
12.5" ThinkPad with 70% battery vs. 20Ah power bank @ 65W (no I'm not saying 20 000 mAh, that's redundant)
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Update: it brought it from 10% up to 90% which is better than what I was expecting!
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Intrusive thoughts: but what if you had a 40Ah power bank owo
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Update: it brought it from 10% up to 90% which is better than what I was expecting!
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Intrusive thoughts: but what if you had a 40Ah power bank owo
Making myself at home in the new-to-me laptop ✨ 
Important implementation detal: Copepod.
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I can't decide whether I should put the Linux sticker in place of the Intel one like on my other laptop or I should keep the Intel sticker and put the Linux one above it. I don't want three stickers in a row.
Very important implementation detail 
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Edit: for now I put it above it so I still have the option to change it later
Two months with a ThinkPad.
My verdict:
Why don't consumer laptops have nice matte screens like this??
Ralesk
Pointing Device
Portable doggie 🔜 NFC@pointingdevice @odoben ooh this is an idea
Purple Skies@odoben wonderful vibes 
@Leviamicky Perfect vibes for a travel laptop!
Spud
Flash
Krutonium://@odoben @panda_paco And what a cute one to start with!
rail [see pinned posts]
Tata Roské
Frisk@odoben @panda_paco pacopanda sticker, awesome!
Hungarian Diva Doggo@odoben @panda_paco oh... i have a ton of Awoostria sticker if you want it I will bring you some. ^^
Sominemo
Spots Snep🏳️🌈@odoben I’ve never owned or interacted with a thinkpad before, so is that the red mouse thing glowing?
@DiodeHyena No, it's the dot on the i in the ThinkPad logo on the lid (glows when it's on, pulses when suspended)
@odoben I learned that MacBook Pro, unlike my old HP, doesn't allow you to insert the SD Card inside fully, the standard size SD card will pop up. Now I’m considering if I hould get one of these funny shaped SD cards that are designed to sit flush within a mac…
@Sominemo My other Lenovo also has one of those readers where half the card sticks out
This one though
Exec@odoben Just a notice, if you ever considered that most thinkpads will not allow you to boot directly from an SD card
[
] Fanged Menace 
@odoben Most latops I've had has an option to adjust the APU memory. It uses the dedicated RAM for video cache.
My server also has an option for that 
Atomic FoxI think that turns up where part of the main RAM is carved off for graphics. If you don't plan on doing graphics-intensive tasks, you might want to set that to the lower value.
@odoben It's handy, I honestly recommend setting it to 512MB if only because it'll help keep your DE responsive if you have lots of stuff open.
you're telling me that a 7" laptop can fit full-size up and down arrow keys but not my 14" lenovo ideapad
