Re: lenovo thinkpad
Greg King <[email protected]> Wed, 15 May 2019 15:33:40 -0600 (MDT)
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--===============4377595367942290646== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_84149115_1981714239.1557956020941" ------=_Part_84149115_1981714239.1557956020941 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (~7 years old) boots up fine in Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 4.15. Make sure secure boot is turned off (or legacy boot is on). Mine is set to boot "both" and I am able to interrupt default boot and select a USB with ISO image. I did have to start in "compatibility mode" which has slower video rendering, but I suspect that I could resolve video driver issues after installation and boot normally thereafter. I am leaving it running Win10 right now for various reasons. Good luck. Greg From: "Joe Shuttleworth" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] [email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 2:58:38 PM Subject: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad I am having problems with finding answers so am rethinking this. I am using new linux distros. How much is this going to be a problem in compatibility with using an old laptop. I am also open to returning this and getting something that is not going to be a problem. I just don't have a lot of time to sort this out. Can someone give me some suggestions on a good laptop that would work for linux distros. I was thinking of something up to $800 that would be a good solution. Something that is fairly compact that I could carry in a packsack, fairly durable. Would consider something used that is fairly recent. If someone wants to contact me I am at the Peterlougheed Hospital. Ask for Joseph Shuttleworth, Unit 38. Phone 403 943 6638 Thanks for any suggestions and help. Joe Shuttleworth _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying ------=_Part_84149115_1981714239.1557956020941 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-s= ize: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>My Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (~7 years old= ) boots up fine in Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 4.15.&= nbsp; Make sure secure boot is turned off (or legacy boot is on). Mine is s= et to boot "both" and I am able to interrupt default boot and s= elect a USB with ISO image. I did have to start in "compatibility mode"&nbs= p; which has slower video rendering, but I suspect that I could resolve vid= eo driver issues after installation and boot normally thereafter. I a= m leaving it running Win10 right now for various reasons.<br></div><div><br= ></div><div>Good luck. <br data-mce-bogus=3D"1"></div><div>Greg</div><hr id= =3D"zwchr" data-marker=3D"__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker=3D"__HEADERS__"><b>= From: </b>"Joe Shuttleworth" <[email protected]><br><b>To: </b>"clug-ta= [email protected] [email protected]" <[email protected]><br><b>Sent: </b>Wed= nesday, May 15, 2019 2:58:38 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[clug-talk] lenovo think= pad<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker=3D"__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style= =3D"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000= 000"><div>I am having problems with finding answers so am rethinking this. = I am using new linux distros. How much is this going to be a problem in com= patibility with using an old laptop. I am also open to returning this and g= etting something that is not going to be a problem. I just don't have a lot= of time to sort this out. Can someone give me some suggestions on a = good laptop that would work for linux distros. I was thinking of something = up to $800 that would be a good solution. Something that is fairly compact = that I could carry in a packsack, fairly durable. Would consider something = used that is fairly recent.</div><br><div>If someone wants to contact me I = am at the Peterlougheed Hospital. Ask for Joseph Shuttleworth, Unit 38. Pho= ne 403 943 6638</div><br><div>Thanks for any suggestions and help.</div><br= ><div>Joe Shuttleworth</div></div><br>_____________________________________= __________<br>clug-talk mailing list<br>[email protected]<br>http://clug.ca= /mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<br>Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug= .ca/ml_guidelines.php)<br>**Please remove these lines when replying<br></di= v></div></body></html> ------=_Part_84149115_1981714239.1557956020941-- --===============4377595367942290646== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying --===============4377595367942290646==--