Comments on: Ubuntu on the ThinkPad X61T http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/ Hani on travel, technology and life Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeff Sumner http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/comment-page-1/#comment-31470 Jeff Sumner Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:55:51 +0000 http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/#comment-31470 8.04 can be made to rotate the screen automatically on laptop rotation (if you'd like) in addition to getting most of the keys to work correctly. The ThinkVantage button maps in the standard Gnome keymapper. I've gone the other way. When I bought my X61T I pulled the fixed disk out and replaced it immediately with a much larger and faster one (and put in 4GB ram), so never saw Vista running. I just installed the 64 bit version along with all the software from Lenovo (that took FOREVER!) and have been playing, getting GnuCash to work which was MY minimum configuration. It's nice to have options. I'll re-install a Linux of some kind over the next few months. The 8.10 upgrade in Ubuntu was much more harmful than beneficial, as it disabled several of my customizations. Such, though, is the way of Linux. I am looking forward to a bit of blandness. 8.04 can be made to rotate the screen automatically on laptop rotation (if you’d like) in addition to getting most of the keys to work correctly. The ThinkVantage button maps in the standard Gnome keymapper.

I’ve gone the other way. When I bought my X61T I pulled the fixed disk out and replaced it immediately with a much larger and faster one (and put in 4GB ram), so never saw Vista running. I just installed the 64 bit version along with all the software from Lenovo (that took FOREVER!) and have been playing, getting GnuCash to work which was MY minimum configuration.
It’s nice to have options.
I’ll re-install a Linux of some kind over the next few months. The 8.10 upgrade in Ubuntu was much more harmful than beneficial, as it disabled several of my customizations. Such, though, is the way of Linux. I am looking forward to a bit of blandness.

]]> By: Eric Schleicher http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/comment-page-1/#comment-31467 Eric Schleicher Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:08:55 +0000 http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/#comment-31467 How about battery life? I get 5 hours pretty reliably on mine, curious to see how power management works on hardy or intrepid. How about battery life? I get 5 hours pretty reliably on mine, curious to see how power management works on hardy or intrepid.

]]> By: embee http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/comment-page-1/#comment-31458 embee Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:56:44 +0000 http://www.hanimorsi.com/blog/index.php/archives/2008/07/24/ubuntu-on-the-thinkpad-x61t/#comment-31458 Congrats =) Wait till it grows on you and you can't get enough of it. And for the record Inkscape FTW.. Congrats =)

Wait till it grows on you and you can’t get enough of it. And for the record Inkscape FTW..

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