idle question: does anyone (ideally in Canada) sell refurbished ThinkPad X230s with all the upgrades done? bigger SSD, more RAM, etc. (OS not required.)
at this point in my life i would absolutely pay extra for someone to do all the hunting for parts, hardware installing, etc.
I'm on a #Thinkpad T14 running #Debian 12, and it doesn't recognize the wifi card. This happens when Thinkpads have a #Realtek WAN, and sadly, technicians have told me it is soldered on. However, two things
a) The Bluetooth works fine (on the same board, right?)
b) "lsusb" shows me this:
Bus 003 Device 006: ID 8087:0026 Intel Corp. AX201 Bluetooth
I'm confused by all this. Help would be appreciated.
New blog post, on the joys of hackable tech and the new Framework 12: 'The Framework 12 is the Thinkpad X220 we deserve in 2025'
Extremely satisfied with my ThinkPad T480 running on FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE!
I got the machine used and upgraded it:
- 32 GB of memory
- 1 TB SATA SSD
- Innolux N140HCG-GQ2 FHD LCD panel
- New Lenovo backlight keyboard (US-ANSI)
- Glass Trackpad from X1 Carbon
- Intel AX210 WiFi module (802.11ax)
- Dual batteries
Literally everything in that laptop, that I need does work on FreeBSD 14.3:
- WiFi with 5Ghz and proper speeds
- Sleep/Resume
- Integrated Webcam
- Power management
- Trackpad
- Thunderbolt Docking (including Audio and HDMI)
It's the perfect development and productvity machine 
Dreaming of getting my hands on a Lenovo ThinkPad X201 tablet someday! Imagine the possibilities with a clean install of Slackware. That legendary keyboard and robust build would be perfect for a lightweight and customizable Linux experience. Anyone in Brazil 🇧🇷 know where to find these gems? Let's make it happen! 🤩
#ThinkPad #Lenovo #Slackware #LinuxDreams #RetroTech
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