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HyperFlint<p>Ooh, you touch my talala</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ml/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thirdparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdParty</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Batteries</span></a>: A Tragedy in Four Minutes 🤣</p><pre><code>2025-04-21 22:25 Battery 1: Not charging, 92%; Battery 2: Discharging, 58%, 02:34:47 remaining; 8.117 W; uptime: 5 days, 16:55 2025-04-21 22:26 Battery 1: Not charging, 92%; Battery 2: Discharging, 50%, 01:16:18 remaining; 12.951 W; uptime: 5 days, 16:56 2025-04-21 22:27 Battery 1: Not charging, 92%; Battery 2: Discharging, 43%, 03:25:46 remaining; 5.02 W; uptime:5 days, 16:57 2025-04-21 22:28 Battery 1: Not charging, 92%; Battery 2: Discharging, 36%, 03:13:20 remaining; 5.138 W; uptime: 5 days, 16:58 2025-04-21 22:29 Battery 1: Discharging, 92%, 01:28:51 remaining; Battery 2: Not charging, 0%; 9.36 W; uptime: 5 days, 16:59 </code></pre><p>WHO FEELS MY PAIN??? LET ME HEAR YOU!!!! 🤣🤣</p>
Nielso<p>Mobiles Mini-<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Tonstudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tonstudio</span></a>. </p><p>Das <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/MacBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacBook</span></a> von 2017 ist bei weitem nicht überfordert mit der Aufgabe, fängt aber bereits bei 5 bis 10% Systemauslastung unglaublich an zu pusten, sodass man eigentlich in einen anderen Raum damit muss. <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>, so gefeiert, ich kann's immer noch nicht nachvollziehen.</p><p>Einsatzgrund: <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/RME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RME</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/TotalMix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotalMix</span></a> für das <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fireface400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fireface400</span></a> ist einfach so viel besser als <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ffadomixer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ffadomixer</span></a> unter <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/UbuntuStudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuStudio</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. Letzterer wäre auf meinem <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> verfügbar und würde auch mit diesem Interface funktionieren.</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Ardour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ardour</span></a> bleibt Ardour, auch auf <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/OSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSX</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Recording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recording</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Tontechnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tontechnik</span></a></p>
Laurent FRANCOISE<p>Une réparation que je repoussais depuis un certain temps : un <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> 365XD de 1996 (<a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentium</span></a> 120, 16Mo de RAM) qui n'avait plus de backlight.<br>Au final le démontage n'était pas si compliqué et la panne était simplement un fusible grillé sur le circuit du backlight. Comme il y avait de la place j'ai mis un polyfuse (en gros ce que j'avais sous la main !) et ça fonctionne très bien.<br>Reste à remonter tout ça !<br><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@abs0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abs0</span></a></span></p><p>The challenge is finding a third-party <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> battery that isn't a potato.</p><p>The one I got for my X260 lasts a decent amount of time (~4 hours), but rapidly falls to 0% once it crosses under the 40% threshold.</p><p>But the combo of used-but-genuine internal and new-but-knockoff external battery is decent. 😄</p>
abs(in)the<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> 480's internal battery is still showing a full charge of 21.5Wh out of a nominal 24Wh capacity, which is quite excellent (The external, easily swappable battery is discharged first, which explains the better condition of the internal)</p>
abs(in)the<p>Bad news: My laptop seems to run out of power on battery much more quickly than previously</p><p>Good news: Its a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> T480 with twin batteries, the external one can just be swapped out</p><p>So.... envstat reports the last full capacity was 4.6Wh....</p><p>(swaps out new battery and re-runs command)</p><p>envstat now reports a last full capacity of 57.7Wh, which seems a better place to be...</p><p>One day I will have to replace this machine, but Today Is Not That Day</p>
Atomozero<p>📣 Check out this fascinating development in the <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/HaikuOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HaikuOS</span></a> community!</p><p>Developer Nexus6 has published a comprehensive three-part series on implementing AI tools on Haiku OS without requiring specialized hardware.</p><p>Using <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Mesop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mesop</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Autogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autogen</span></a>, they've created a lightweight AI stack that works on modest hardware like a <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> T480s - proving that alternative operating systems can participate in the AI revolution through thoughtful optimization.</p><p><a href="https://www.desktoponfire.com/haikuos/software/761/haiku-os-takes-on-ai-nexus6s-groundbreaking-exploration-of-lightweight-ml-implementation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">desktoponfire.com/haikuos/soft</span><span class="invisible">ware/761/haiku-os-takes-on-ai-nexus6s-groundbreaking-exploration-of-lightweight-ml-implementation/</span></a></p>
BjoernAusGE<p>So nach vier Jahren hat der Akku in meinem <a href="https://social.sengotta.net/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> L14 Gen1 einen Alterungszustand von 55% erreicht. Der muss als langsam echt mal gewechselt werden.<br>Sollte man einen original Akku nehmen oder gibt es auch gute Third Party Akkus?<br><br>Hat da jemand erfahrungen mit?<br><br><a href="https://social.sengotta.net/tags/lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://social.sengotta.net/tags/l14" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>l14</span></a> <a href="https://social.sengotta.net/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://social.sengotta.net/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a></p>
rl_dane<span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/lopta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lopta@mastodon.social</a></span><br><br>HELLO from my fifteen year old (shipped 2009-12-23) <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thinkpad</a> X200t running <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=libreboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibreBoot</a> and <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenBSD</a>! ;)<br><br>Come on in, the technocrochety waters are fine! XD<br>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>I'm not sure what happened, but ever since updating my <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/swaywm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swaywm</span></a>-running <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> x260 to <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trixie</span></a>, the fonts in the <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foot</span></a> terminal look a lot smaller by default.</p><p>None of the configs have changed.</p><p>This is supposed to be 12 point. Does it look like 12 to you?</p><p>UPDATE: older versions of foot had <code>dpi-aware</code> defaulting to on, now off.</p>
Eugene :emacs: :freebsd:<p>Days without splashing water on the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> keyboard: 0</p>
♡ Eva Winterschön ♡<p>💾 4am AMD Xorg/Kernel Debugging 💾</p><p>Ongoing fun ongoes, so much so. This iteration receives triple output: tty video (Display Port), COM1 redirect via DB9 to laptop running minicom, COM2 to the usual BMC SoL terminal watched from ipmitool on adjacent laptop. </p><p>Coming up, rebooting into GENERIC-DEBUG kernel rebuilt with remote GDM (kgdb) access via the COM1 link to laptop. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/epyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epyc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/debugging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debugging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/4amlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4amlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a></p>
Laptop Retrospective<p>David Hill, designer at Lenovo and IBM for over 20 years talking about <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> and how it changes over time. <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/uFn7BBjbHJE?feature=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/uFn7BBjbHJE</span><span class="invisible">?feature=share</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>Now upgrading to <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trixie</span></a> on my home laptop (<a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> X260) ;)</p>
FinixGelly<p>i wish lenovo would maka a special edition of the old think pads, where its the same computer but with transparent casing, if they made only 100 of this linux nerds would be hunting them down like its the one piece</p><p><a href="https://woof.tech/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://woof.tech/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>I was thinking of buying a new-to-me <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> next month, but I think what I'll do instead is try to spruce up my <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pinebookpro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinebookPro</span></a>:</p><ul><li>Get new rubber feet</li><li>Get a bigger SSD</li><li>Install <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/pmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pmOS</span></a> and finally have <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDE</span></a> on the thing</li><li>Put some proper locktite on the screws so it's not falling apart all the time</li></ul><p>I need to look up some videos on applying threadlocker to screws. It's much looser stuff than the typical locktite and it tends to make a mess.</p><p>I'm debating just dribbling locktite (regular CA) on top of the screws as well to try to make them a little more permanent. Not a great solution, but the thing just loves to fall apart.</p><p>It's always best to try to <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reuse</span></a>! &lt;3</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/upgradetreadmill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpgradeTreadmill</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PermaComputing</span></a></p>
HTTP 418<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@jiewawa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jiewawa</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://go.mxtthxw.art/@inpc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inpc</span></a></span> </p><p>I thought that was the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinkpad</span></a> T430 on account of having a socketed CPU?</p>
inpc<p>Obviously all the Cool Kidz use second hand ThinkPads running Linux.<br><br>I'm after a cheap daily driver having always been in Mac (well also Asahi and the server this Social Media Conglomerate runs on).<br><br>Any tips or models to look out for? Ideally I want something less than £200. Well I say ideally, I can barely afford £200!<br><br>Anyway, help/advice appreciated.<br><br><a href="https://go.mxtthxw.art/tags/thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://go.mxtthxw.art/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computer</span></a> #<a href="https://go.mxtthxw.art/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a></p>
ThinkPad-Museum<p>Zwischen 1993 und 2001 wurden in der 2xx-Serie 4 äußerst kompakte Notebooks produziert. Bis auf ein Gerät wurden diese Ultraportables mit spannenden Eigenarten, wie kuriosen Eingabegeräten oder Kolaborationen, ausschließlich im asiatischen Raum vertrieben.</p><p>Zum umgestrittenen ThinkPad X9 sind ein früher kritischer Testbericht sowie ein Interview mit Tom Butler erschienen. Auch gab es erste Hands-On der neuen ThinkPads T14s 2-in-1 und X13 Gen 6.</p><p>🎙️ <a href="https://thinkpad-museum.de/episode/tpm013-2xx-serie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thinkpad-museum.de/episode/tpm</span><span class="invisible">013-2xx-serie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a></p>