My old laptop died quietly in its sleep in February 2005, and was replaced by evinrude, a ThinkPad X31. Its motherboard has always seemed a little flaky, until it finally gave up, and wouldn’t boot any more.
See how I got it to run Linux.
- model:
- IBM ThinkPad R30 (26564AU)
- hostname:
-
csgrad2pc01.math.uwaterloo.cawhen it’s at my office,labatt.uhoreg.casometimes (when I update it) - CPU:
- Pentium III 1GHz
- Memory:
- 128MB standard (minus 8MB that the video chip steals), plus a 256MB add-on (the R30 takes standard SODIMM memory)
- HD:
- 30GB
- Video card:
- Trident CyberBlade Aladdin i1 w/ 8MB RAM
- Screen:
- 13.3" TFT
- Sound card:
- Acer ALi M5451 (integrated), using the ALSA drivers
- Pointing device:
- built-in TrackPoint, and a Logitech TrackMan Wheel (USB)
- Keyboard:
- Kinesis Essential contour keyboard plus a triple action programmable footswitch
- Printer:
- Lexmark E210 laser printer (USB-connected)
- Internet Hookup:
- a 100 Base-T hookup in my office, 802.11b at various locations on campus, cable modem at home
- Operating System:
- Debian GNU/Linux “unstable”, upgraded more or less every week, using Linux kernel 2.6.9. errm. I mean Emacs. Emacs is my operating system.
- Some major (for some value of “major”) apps/Programs (in no particular order):
-
- gcc
- GNU Smalltalk
- GNOME
- emacs
- xfig
- AbiWord
- Mozilla
- Epiphany browser
- AlsaPlayer
- Ogg Vorbis tools
- teTeX
- OpenSSH
- GnuPG
- Opera
- OpenOffice.org
