The laptop is unbelievably thin and lightweight whilst still having an excellent spec (Core Duo 1.8GHz, 1GB RAM and 40GB HDD). I will probably upgrade the RAM soon and the hard disk may need an upgrade but it will do for now ;-)
The installation of Debian went well too so I thought that I would detail some of the specifics here...
- A stock install of Debian Etch was performed from CD without problems (I did not choose to use a mirror during install)
- Removed some bits of rubbish from the install
- Updated the distribution after specifying a mirror in /etc/apt/sources.list
- Added a few of my favourite packages (such as gaim and synaptic)
- Followed the instructions on ThinkWiki to enable some of the Thinkpad-specific bits and bobs (such as tpb for the special buttons and acpi for hibernation and the like)
- Installed packages to enable wireless (it uses an Intel 3945 chipset so the following packages were needed - firmware-ipw3945, ipw3945d and ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-4-686)
- Followed the instructions at http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install/Debian to install Beryl... I then needed to change the 'Rendering Path' in 'Advanced Beryl Options' to something other than 'Automatic' because the contents of Nautilus windows did not display but now all the wonderful wobbling and cube effects work OK
- Checked that my USB-Serial adapter worked... it did without having to do any configuring!
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40GB RAM
Nice typo :)
Woops!
I don't understand the technical stuff but I know it has a sticky nipple. I found that a little disconcerting at first, but it actually was really easy to use. And it has a little keyboard light that Ric seems to find highly amusing. Hehehe!!!
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