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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21857312 > I'm looking to mainly use it for school and was wondering if there's any recommended distros out there for thinkpads. > > Its a Lenovo Thinkpad T480.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1179690 > I just did an `apt update` followed by an `apt upgrade`, and during the latter the screen went all blank with a blinking prompt. Unresponsive to keyboard and touchpad. I also hear the fans. It's been like this for 10 min now. I think some Nvidia drivers were included in the upgrade. What to do? Is it safe to emergency reboot? I appreciate any suggestions also for post-checks. Cheers! *Update:* The suggestion by [@nottheengineer@feddit.de](https://feddit.de/u/nottheengineer) worked!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/942835 > I've been hearing good things about Debian 12 and it was easier than ever to install on [this old T61p.](https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=4708f2b480) > > Wanted to give Bookworm a test drive and happy to report it's smooth sailing using Gnome with a few tweaks from System76. Only took 8m 28s to compile pop launcher on the Core 2 Duo. > * [pop-os/shell](https://github.com/pop-os/shell) > * [pop-os/cosmic-workspaces](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-workspaces) > * [pop-os/launcher](https://github.com/pop-os/launcher) > >  > > 
...at least for X1 Extreme.
I for one was tired of Reddit. With the latest events it's good to look for alternatives. This community here is created in case the one(s) on Reddit disappear. I'm not very interested in moderating; so to any old mods from Reddit: take over!