So, what’s a good used #laptop model? Do you have a fave?
I think the #Dell Latitude’s are swell looking, the Thinkpad’s as well (even if they’re a bit overrated).
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.
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.
So, what’s a good used #laptop model? Do you have a fave?
I think the #Dell Latitude’s are swell looking, the Thinkpad’s as well (even if they’re a bit overrated).
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.
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.
So, what’s a good used #laptop model? Do you have a fave?
I think the #Dell Latitude’s are swell looking, the Thinkpad’s as well (even if they’re a bit overrated).
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.
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.
First, about soldering expansion board for 2K display, installing new WiFi card with an external antenna, 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: https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/07/07/thinkpad-x220-second-life.html
Second and 3rd, about #Libreboot on the laptop: https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2024/12/21/thinkpad-x220-libreboot.html , https://eugene-andrienko.com/it/2025/07/09/update-libreboot-to-25-06.html
Participated in the Undefined hacker's festival and have a speech about my modded #Thinkpad X220.
Looks like I'm not only like to write enormously big blogposts. But also I'm able to make an enormously big presentations 
— my limit was 30 minutes and (looks like) my presentation was made for 1.5 hours, so @nikhotmsk stopped my endless speech
It was a lot of fun. First, I fixed the lamp, when came to the place. Then, I perform the presentation in the #Emacs 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.
At least, I spoke something about WiFi drivers in #FreeBSD and about #Xserver before my time was out 
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 
Participated in the Undefined hacker's festival and have a speech about my modded #Thinkpad X220.
Looks like I'm not only like to write enormously big blogposts. But also I'm able to make an enormously big presentations — my limit was 30 minutes and (looks like) my presentation was made for 1.5 hours, so @nikhotmsk stopped my endless speech
It was a lot of fun. First, I fixed the lamp, when came to the place. Then, I perform the presentation in the #Emacs 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.
At least, I spoke something about WiFi drivers in #FreeBSD and about #Xserver before my time was out
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
Giving OpenBSD and Xfce another go on the laptop, but I think I'll go back to OpenSUSE until FreeBSD 15 is released 4Q25. Too many paper cuts for now...
hw-probe for the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th:
Giving OpenBSD and Xfce another go on the laptop, but I think I'll go back to OpenSUSE until FreeBSD 15 is released 4Q25. Too many paper cuts for now...
hw-probe for the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th:
Seems someone has tried #OpenBSD on a #ThinkPad P14s Gen 1 AMD and it just works. #RunBSD
"No head I will not wipe FreeBSD from my laptop in favor of OpenBSD!" 🙄
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=8e3bae7f65
Glamour shot with the family laptops on Debian 13 release day. Not pictured: my 9-year old son and his otter, "Scottie Otter" who helped set up the table. We use KDE, Gnome, and swaywm depending on preferences and nobody makes a big deal out of it. #debian #thinkpad #trixie #screenshotsaturday #system76 #linux #kde #gnome #swaywm
I've got a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th, currently running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I want to try *BSD on this laptop.
Network controller is reported as "Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 88)" under Linux.
FreeBSD installs OK, but wireless speed is not impressive, and my USB-C dock doesn't seem to be recognized.
I can live with using a wifi-dongle when out and about, but missing dock connectivity is not something I look forward to. I don't care about the built-in camera.
Is there anything else I should worry about? Sound, Bluetooth, sleep mode, battery life?
I've got a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 5th, currently running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I want to try *BSD on this laptop.
Network controller is reported as "Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 88)" under Linux.
FreeBSD installs OK, but wireless speed is not impressive, and my USB-C dock doesn't seem to be recognized.
I can live with using a wifi-dongle when out and about, but missing dock connectivity is not something I look forward to. I don't care about the built-in camera.
Is there anything else I should worry about? Sound, Bluetooth, sleep mode, battery life?
Glamour shot with the family laptops on Debian 13 release day. Not pictured: my 9-year old son and his otter, "Scottie Otter" who helped set up the table. We use KDE, Gnome, and swaywm depending on preferences and nobody makes a big deal out of it. #debian #thinkpad #trixie #screenshotsaturday #system76 #linux #kde #gnome #swaywm
😿 My late Oscar growing up on my Thinkpad
"If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up with Hill, who today runs his own firm, ThinkNext Design, to talk about the history of ThinkPad, what drove him to make key design decisions, and the products he wanted to come out with but just couldn't."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/
"If you bought a ThinkPad between 1995 and 2017, it was probably designed under the oversight of David W. Hill, who served as lead designer under both IBM and Lenovo for those 22 years. We caught up with Hill, who today runs his own firm, ThinkNext Design, to talk about the history of ThinkPad, what drove him to make key design decisions, and the products he wanted to come out with but just couldn't."
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/02/thinkpad_david_hill_interview/
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