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Finally ordered an used Thinkpad! (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Nyoelle@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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So.

After long time of.. desire.. I ordered an used T430, for a bit below 100 euro. It seemed in a good state, had SSD, and 1600x900 screen, so, seemed good enough for that price. Albeit no battery, but I don't need one.

Now I am excited, waiting. Though, still not sure, if I will slap NixOS on it, or maybe go wild, and maybe.. Guix, or OpenBSD.

And maybe I will use that as excuse to finally poke keyboard-oriented web browsers as well, e.g Nyxt, qutebrowser, but will see

Caan'tttt waittttt

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[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Team NixOs 💪.

[–] Nyoelle@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea, NixOS is still the most tempting, because the ease of ZFS (I plan to get 2 more used SSDs, and slap RAIDZ1 on it for memes and fun xD)

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 1 year ago

Let's gooooo! Haha, enjoy your new computer!!

[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You said you don't need a battery, do you already have one or are you always using it plugged in? And if you're always using it plugged in why not a desktop?

Not at critique at all you just piqued my curiosity. I'm excited cause you got a new toy.

[–] Nyoelle@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I already have a desktop, but.. So, in bed.. I have socket right next to me. No problem. Uni? There is always a free socket.

Like, I probably will get a battery somewhere down the line, it is just, not a requirement or priority at the moment

[–] themobyone@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't tried NixOS yet, but many things about it appeals to me. I could put it on my old laptop I guess.

[–] Nyoelle@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It is very much a nice distro.

Some things it does so well, for example, it took away all the pain, in regards to using ZFS, and nvidia drivers. It just works. No messing with "Will this kernel work with nvidia?" and such.

And if something does break, being able to still use, the pre-update system, is just life saver sometimes.