And of course I’m installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.

Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.

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    I feel like an old ThinkPad is like a right of passage on Linux. Just about everyone I know who uses Linux has had one at some point or another.

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      Still got an X201 somewhere. That thing learned me Linux, got me through school and found me a good job at a time when all I had was a backpack and that computer.

      Some day I shall switch it on and update it.

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        Rocking an X260 myself. Picked it up for something like $100 on eBay a few years ago and it just keeps on ticking.

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      A T440p running Antergos got me through college. I regret selling it since that thing served me well 🫡

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        I love selling things that have served me well - it feels better knowing that they’re helping someone instead of sitting in a drawer, untouched.