26 Jan
2024
26 Jan
'24
9:17 p.m.
Thinkpad X1 carbon arrived! sudo works using the fingerprint reader. I
ran updates to get the firmware updates and I upgraded to F39. Screen
is awesome! I guess it is a 2k screen. Fedora is set to zoom at 200%.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 03:33:01PM -0800, Gary wrote:
--
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
From the other
end of the spectrun, I just picked up:
Dell 14" TOUCHSCREN Laptop Core i5 2.40GHz 16GB RAM 500GB SSD/256 WiFi Bluetooth
on Ebay for $155. It's used. Looks new.
My previous Dell Laptop had some install issues. I had attempted to keep the Windows OS
intact, "just in case."
This time I just blew everthing away during the Fedora 38 install and I had absolutly no
issues and everything works.
The nice thing about this laptop, that I haven't had before, is that it has a backlit
keyboard and a touchscreen. Most of the stuff on Ebay seemes to have a touchscreen, which
was a change from when I got the other Dell about 3 months ago.
On a separate note, I just picked up a used Chromebook.
I know nothing about Chromebooks. I just got it yesterday for $20. I have a home
automation and entertainment use for it.
But it has an option to install Linux. So I did. It seems to be some kind of Debian. I
was able to set up a VNC client over an SSH tunnel to my home system, which is something I
like to do. It worked fine, but was slow with the screen refreshes. Using the playstore
side got me nowhere. It has Mathematica and some music apps installed that I'm looking
forward to playing with too.
-Gary
On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 01:55:59PM -0800, Brian E Lavender wrote:
It's soldered! 64 gb is the maximum
configuration I was able to do. When I ordered it, I am pretty sure it had a 50%
discount.
On January 16, 2024 12:52:01 PM PST, Kevin Schultz <schultkl(a)ieee.org> wrote:
>Congrats! 🥳
>
>How many RAM slots does the X1 Gen 11 have soldered now (or is it all
>soldered)? I.e., any open slots to upgrade later (not that you would need
>to for awhile, with 64GB)
>
>On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 11:16 AM Brian E. Lavender <brian(a)brie.com> wrote:
>
>> I ordered an X1 carbon from Lenovo with Fedora preinstalled.
>>
>>
>>
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadx1/thinkpad-x1-carb…
>>
>> It seems that they have the hi-res screen offering with the camera that
>> previously did not have support. It was a known issue for at least two
>> years to avoid that hardware configuration. It looks like it is
>> supported now!
>>
>> Lenovo has 45% discount promotion on their site!
>>
>> I configured the system with 64 Gig ram and 2 TB storage with the
>> 2880x1800 screen.
>>
>> The "estimated" delivery is Feb 1.
>>
>> I have the 1st gen X1 Carbon and it has been a great machine!
>>
>> Brian
>> --
>> Brian Lavender
>> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>>
>> "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
>> make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
>> way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
>>
>> Professor C. A. R. Hoare
>> The 1980 Turing award lecture
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