@dce@hashnix.club Which Thinkpad specifically is this? “Late-2010s” doesn’t sound very old, to be honest, I wonder why OpenBSD is giving you so much trouble. 🤔

@dce@hashnix.club You should try los86! 8-)

Well, what are you trying to do on this ThinkPad? That might affect the OS choices.

I really had to laugh when I read your initial comparison. I love it! :-D

I have a late-2010s ThinkPad running OpenBSD, but it’s about as fast as a snail carrying heavy shopping through molasses. I’d like to run something other than Linux, for variety, but the other members of the BSD family failed for various reasons. What OS do you guys think I should try?

[WTS] [~0.37 XMR] Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon x1 gen2

Laptops are in good condition, battery can last several hours still, biggest defect is the Touch Bar (which includes the F1-F12 and media keys) is turning hazy and is not cosmetically pleasant. Touch Bar and thus keys all still work. Each laptop has a valid Windows 10 keys but I can also install Ubuntu or Debian upon request.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/6zDp/

AffluentLynx (XMRBazaar) ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [$400+] Lenovo Thinkpad P50, i7 vPro, 64gb RAM, 2TB SSD
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/MzhX/

Ocean (XmrBazaar) ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [DE] [$200] Hardened ThinkPad T420 laptop

This hardened T420 is tailored for those prioritizing security and privacy, with critical modifications ensuring minimal attack surfaces while maintaining its functionality as a reliable workhorse.

Link: https://moneromarket.io/listing/cb5a7f96-c21b-48ff-95f8-0d0009e752af

u/notgiven (MoneroMarket) ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [US] [$95] ThinkPad T560

ThinkPad T560 - i7-6600U @ 2.60GHz - 8GB DDR3 RAM - 256GB SSD. Pop_OS! is installed, but I can put whatever distro you’d like. I can also load the Monero Blockchain on it if you wish. Comes with charger.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/gHpx/

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Adding a USB Port to the ThinkPad X1 Nano (the Hard Way) ⌘ Read more

Keyboard layouts
I’ve updated my article about keyboard layouts with XKB after 13
years!

https://hack.org/mc/writings/xkb.html

I’ve edited it so the focus is on the layouts if you just want to grab
them and don’t need any handholding. Also added Thinkpad layouts along
with the original HHKB layouts.

It now also includes instructions for use with the River and Sway
Wayland compositors as well as X11.

I will probably update it soon with some images of different Thinkpad
keyboards. ⌘ Read more

Laptop stand
We have a decent 3D printer (Prusa MK4) at dayjob so we printed some
foldable(!) laptop stands. Here they are:

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Here’s my laptop on the stands:

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It’s printed in PLA and printed in one piece! ⌘ Read more

Good morning to you all! Just had the morning walk with the dog in the rain, it’s raining pretty bad today, all day.
But that also means I have some time for my computer later today. I just have to figure out what to do first :)
Probably code a bit, or reinstall one of my computers, I’ve been wanting to run #OpenBSD again, I tried it on one of my laptops, but wifi did not work for some reason, but I have some wifi dongles - so I’ll try with that, or install on one of my other laptops.
I have a #Thinkpad #x200 with #libreboot, I might give it a shot there - all though it takes some time to get it to work with libreboot, I did install it some years ago though, so I think that should work again now. Either way I’ll figure out something to tinker with today!

@prologic@twtxt.net Refurbished thinkpad from ebay is also a good option.

Only Use Old Computers!

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If there is a single point of advice I can offer novice computer users, it is stop using modern computers.

If you look at “technology YouTube,” part of my neighborhood, but I more mean the massive multi-million subscriber channels, nearly all of it is devoted to constantly reviewing and comparing every new computer, processor, graphics card and product. There’s big money in it be … ⌘ Read more

OpenBSD on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano (1st Gen) ⌘ Read more…

FreeBSD 7.2 på Thinkpad X60s ⌘ https://hack.org/mc/blog/freebsd-x60s.html