[ltp] Thinkpad fanboy ramble Re: What T for Fedora?

[Matt Jenny]

FYI, LCDFans on Facebook [link] <https://www.facebook.com/lcdfans/> did
just that for the T60 15-inch standard screen, T60/T61 14-inch standard
screen and the X60/X61 as well, called them the T70 and X62 respectively,
they are an English language contact for forum members on the Chinese form
51nb.com. I saw on the Facebook page that there is talk of another run of
the X62 mainboard with an i5-5200DU

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 11:36 PM Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 05:47:50PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > At least in the past, Lenovo seems to treat failure to run Linux as a
> > bug.  Officially the probably only support a few distros (RHEL, Suse,
> > and maybe Ubuntu).  And probably on a few select hardware builds.
>
> Long blovation follows:
>
> My first laptop was a Dell; it had a power supply fault
> so I sent it in for warranty repair.  It spent a /month/
> waiting in a storage warehouse in Austin.  Paid for by
> Airborne Express; Dell was swamped and refused delivery,
> then blamed the delay on Airborne.
>
> So, I ditched Dell and bought a Thinkpad T30, installing
> Redhat.  That worked well for a year, then the T30 also
> developed a power supply fault.  PEBKAC?
>
> I sent it to IBM (from Portland to Nashville by Airborne
> Express) for repair on a Monday afternoon; Tuesday morning
> an IBM service tech called.  "Your laptop is fixed, but
> before we ship it back, we would like permission to upgrade
> your BIOS.  We see that you are running Linux.   We tested
> this new BIOS with all the common distros.  If you agree,
> we'll flash the BIOS and deliver your laptop tomorrow
> morning."  It was.  I was THRILLED. and have been a
> Thinkpad Fanboy ever since.
>
> Lenovo, not so much, but still way ahead of most vendors.
>
> I haven't upgraded since the T60 and X61.  I demand 4x3
> screens, and I stockpile spares.  I write papers, book
> chapters, and wiki pages.  I do not watch movies, I do
> not tweet or SMS or "like", and I do NOT like runt
> ("wide") screens; they remind me of the Tandy TRS-80
> model 100 portable with the 8 line text display.
>
> And I love trackpoints.  Touchpads aren't useful when you
> get old and shaky; elderly friends with Parkinsons can't
> use touchpads.
>
> Perhaps someday, an obscenely wealthy Thinkpad zealot will
> pay for the re-development of a custom 4x3 screen Thinkpad
> with a trackpoint; I'll buy one too.  Until then, I hope
> that my stockpile lasts, and Kahlon keeps making batteries
> for T60 and X61.
>
> Keith
>
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