Why let a perfectly functional laptop go to waste?
oktherebuddy - 2.6yr
still using arch
mastodon tells me trans culture is being eaten alive by nix and guix
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frankfurt_schoolgirl [she/her] - 2.6yr
I love Nix. Arch is great, and I've used it before, but I love how easily I can just commit my Nix config to a hit repo and save my work after Ive spent 5 hours configuring every app with a pastel color scheme.
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oktherebuddy - 2.6yr
yeah every time I make some tweak to fix an issue in Arch I'm just like "I will never remember this, if my SSD dies all this effort is just gone"
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Zvyozdochka [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2.6yr
I ran Nix for a few months but I went back to Arch because it just didn't feel right. My biggest issue/complaint being the whole filesystem hierarchy standard being thrown out the window, and yes I am aware of buildFHSUserEnv, but it just feels so wrong.
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thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them] - 2.6yr
I 100% agree, ran Nix for a few months until I switched back to Arch. Nix was cool, and having a declarative config was great, but in the end it became too much hassle. Arch just works.
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SILLY BEAN - 2.6yr
i will admit here that i use garuda because i wanna use arch but not install and configure arch
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Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir] - 2.6yr
I installed EndeavourOS the other day for exactly this reason. It's really great not to have to spend like a full ass day configuring a desktop environment. I've already done that plenty, thanks!
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Shinji_Ikari [he/him] - 2.6yr
Installations 1-3 are a slog, #4 is when it starts to hit right.
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oktherebuddy - 2.6yr
tbh it isn't too bad, it almost felt a bit uhhhh cosplay-hardcore-ish? idk how to describe. There's a big thing made about you having to configure the network, which you definitely do, but other than that everything seems to basically work out of the box.
Of course things can go wrong, which they did in my case (dual-boot issues with windows & linux affecting the network card) which made it so I took a full week to get to a decent install. So yeah there's that.
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Yurt_Owl - 2.6yr
I have 4 thinkpads
Edit: 5 thinkpads i forgot about one of them. If we add my boyfriends thats 6 in the house
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ultraviolet [she/her] - 2.6yr
it's the same person in both pics
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GhostSpider [she/her] - 2.6yr
Alex Jones was right, Bill Gates is transing our kids by making bad Windows upgrades to push them towards Arch Linux
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ashinadash [she/her] - 2.6yr
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anothertranscomrade [they/them] - 2.6yr
For the love of god where can I get those socks for comrades with larger feet
...i wonder if i should've bought a thinkpad rather than a "gaming laptop" lmao
especially as i'm not even playing games on it, moreso just using it for work
though not putting playing games fully out the window too
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xXthrowawayXx [none/use name] - 2.6yr
If you have $200 and want a fallback, the t480 is one of the most recent ones with everything replaceable and decent specs.
64gb max ram and two bootable drives and two batteries iirc but you can’t replace the processor and you gotta watch out for the 480s that has a soldered stick.
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POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG [none/use name] - 2.6yr
install gentoo (unironic)
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GhostSpider [she/her] - 2.6yr
I love your username (unironic)
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SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her] - 2.6yr
My T430 still works in theory but the hinges are broken. I should probably see if I can find a broken one with a functional chassis and do the old swaparoo
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xXthrowawayXx [none/use name] - 2.6yr
Real Lenovo replacement hinges are only $15 shipped if it’s not the screw bosses in the chassis that are broke.
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SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her] - 2.6yr
Thanks for the tip! It took a tumble onto pavement from a good height but I think somehow it is only the hinge that’s broken. If I can get a replacement hinge from Lenovo for an at this point over 10 year old laptop I’ll be very impressed. I should check if it has a socketed CPU too in case I can put a quad core in it…
Edit: The cpu is upgradable! I see people putting the 3840QM in it. This may send me down a rabbit hole…
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xXthrowawayXx [none/use name] - 2.6yr
I don’t know if you can get the part from Lenovo. You can look up the uhh fru(?) in the hardware manual.
Don’t get too crazy putting in the biggest chip it can handle, without the additional gpu cooler there isn’t really enough thermal mass in the heat sink to really keep the hot chips frosty.
Plenty of other crap to put in, Bluetooth, ssd, etc.
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SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her] - 2.6yr
I actually have the quadro model and ended up disabling the dGPU once I had room to set up my desktop. So it already has the beefier cooler with no extra heat load. It ran really cool and quiet cause of that. I’m not gonna go putting an extreme edition or anything like that in.
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Abracadaniel [he/him] - 2.6yr
That is so cool
I need to do this
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Frogmanfromlake [none/use name] - 2.6yr
Are thigh socks comfy?
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Tayphix [any] - 2.6yr
Yes. Only annoying part is if you don't have something to keep them in place so they end up falling down your legs.
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ashinadash [she/her] - 2.6yr
Laptops I have:
Thinkpad T430s
Thinkpad E530
Thinkpad T61 (needs a new e-fuse thingy Idk)
eMachines E525
HP G61 (chipset desoldered due to heat)
Dell Latitude D430
Acer Aspire D257
They are my children and they all run linux (currently Manjaro but been thinking about Endeavour)
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RedStarOS [it/its] - 2.6yr
I started HRT one year after installing arch
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CrushKillDestroySwag - 2.6yr
plot twist: current owner is the first owner
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oscardejarjayes [comrade/them] - 2.6yr
so me fr
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Abracadaniel [he/him] - 2.6yr
I've used ubuntu for years, recently switched to kubuntu and am happy with it, any reasons I should look at switching distros?
I'm capable of fixing things if they go wrong, and like to make my own tweaks occaisionally, but really I just want things to run smoothly without too much fuss.
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thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them] - 2.6yr
Arch is great because the package manager, pacman, is super easy and kept neurotically updated at all times for an insane amount of packages. The ArchWiki is also amazing. However, if you're happy with Kubuntu I don't see any major reason to switch outside of curiosity.
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pooh [she/her, love/loves] - 2.6yr
I actually use Endeavor OS on a laptop, which is basically Arch packaged to be easy to install for relative noobs like me. It's been great so far. But yeah, I agree, with the other poster. If you like your distro there's probably no big reason to switch.
pooh in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
Why let a perfectly functional laptop go to waste?
mastodon tells me trans culture is being eaten alive by nix and guix
I love Nix. Arch is great, and I've used it before, but I love how easily I can just commit my Nix config to a hit repo and save my work after Ive spent 5 hours configuring every app with a pastel color scheme.
yeah every time I make some tweak to fix an issue in Arch I'm just like "I will never remember this, if my SSD dies all this effort is just gone"
I ran Nix for a few months but I went back to Arch because it just didn't feel right. My biggest issue/complaint being the whole filesystem hierarchy standard being thrown out the window, and yes I am aware of
buildFHSUserEnv, but it just feels so wrong.I 100% agree, ran Nix for a few months until I switched back to Arch. Nix was cool, and having a declarative config was great, but in the end it became too much hassle. Arch just works.
i will admit here that i use garuda because i wanna use arch but not install and configure arch
I installed EndeavourOS the other day for exactly this reason. It's really great not to have to spend like a full ass day configuring a desktop environment. I've already done that plenty, thanks!
Installations 1-3 are a slog, #4 is when it starts to hit right.
tbh it isn't too bad, it almost felt a bit uhhhh cosplay-hardcore-ish? idk how to describe. There's a big thing made about you having to configure the network, which you definitely do, but other than that everything seems to basically work out of the box.
Of course things can go wrong, which they did in my case (dual-boot issues with windows & linux affecting the network card) which made it so I took a full week to get to a decent install. So yeah there's that.
I have 4 thinkpads
Edit: 5 thinkpads i forgot about one of them. If we add my boyfriends thats 6 in the house
it's the same person in both pics
Alex Jones was right, Bill Gates is transing our kids by making bad Windows upgrades to push them towards Arch Linux
For the love of god where can I get those socks for comrades with larger feet
https://sockdreams.com/ is the best place
I have like weirdly large feet (mine are the same size as a friend who is 5 inches taller than me) but they still fit great
...i wonder if i should've bought a thinkpad rather than a "gaming laptop" lmao
especially as i'm not even playing games on it, moreso just using it for work
though not putting playing games fully out the window tooIf you have $200 and want a fallback, the t480 is one of the most recent ones with everything replaceable and decent specs.
64gb max ram and two bootable drives and two batteries iirc but you can’t replace the processor and you gotta watch out for the 480s that has a soldered stick.
install gentoo
(unironic)
I love your username (unironic)
My T430 still works in theory but the hinges are broken. I should probably see if I can find a broken one with a functional chassis and do the old swaparoo
Real Lenovo replacement hinges are only $15 shipped if it’s not the screw bosses in the chassis that are broke.
Thanks for the tip! It took a tumble onto pavement from a good height but I think somehow it is only the hinge that’s broken. If I can get a replacement hinge from Lenovo for an at this point over 10 year old laptop I’ll be very impressed. I should check if it has a socketed CPU too in case I can put a quad core in it…
Edit: The cpu is upgradable! I see people putting the 3840QM in it. This may send me down a rabbit hole…
I don’t know if you can get the part from Lenovo. You can look up the uhh fru(?) in the hardware manual.
Don’t get too crazy putting in the biggest chip it can handle, without the additional gpu cooler there isn’t really enough thermal mass in the heat sink to really keep the hot chips frosty.
Plenty of other crap to put in, Bluetooth, ssd, etc.
I actually have the quadro model and ended up disabling the dGPU once I had room to set up my desktop. So it already has the beefier cooler with no extra heat load. It ran really cool and quiet cause of that. I’m not gonna go putting an extreme edition or anything like that in.
That is so cool
I need to do this
Are thigh socks comfy?
Yes. Only annoying part is if you don't have something to keep them in place so they end up falling down your legs.
Laptops I have:
They are my children and they all run linux (currently Manjaro but been thinking about Endeavour)
I started HRT one year after installing arch
plot twist: current owner is the first owner
so me fr
I've used ubuntu for years, recently switched to kubuntu and am happy with it, any reasons I should look at switching distros?
I'm capable of fixing things if they go wrong, and like to make my own tweaks occaisionally, but really I just want things to run smoothly without too much fuss.
Arch is great because the package manager, pacman, is super easy and kept neurotically updated at all times for an insane amount of packages. The ArchWiki is also amazing. However, if you're happy with Kubuntu I don't see any major reason to switch outside of curiosity.
I actually use Endeavor OS on a laptop, which is basically Arch packaged to be easy to install for relative noobs like me. It's been great so far. But yeah, I agree, with the other poster. If you like your distro there's probably no big reason to switch.