I scored 2 #Thinkpad #X260 laptops at #EFM #electronicsfleamarket in March with a handful of batteries for really cheap.
a i7 2.6Ghz and an i5 2.4Ghz

The i7 is immaculate, and is running great.
The i5 has some issues. Opening it up it was missing the SSD and SODIMM RAM, and I noted some corrosion on the aluminum frame around the SSD slot.

Getting it to moot up, there is this really weird spotting and "worms" with the #LCD that is really distracting. Not sure how this happened - and would love any insights as to the what & why this happened.
I suspect just easier to swap out the 12.5" 1366x768 for something with better resolution?

I did order two 32 GB DDR4 2666 SODIMMs from #aliexpress - the unofficial max #RAM for these X260's - and they work great. Both the i7 & the i5 detect the SODIMMs in the BIOS and in Win11. I initially had some spare 16GB SODIMMs in them, but why not max out the RAM when most apps and browsers are memory hogs lately?

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I am an idiot (yes, I know that this is not news to some people).

After nearly 2 years of use, I realised today that this laptop has a fingerprint reader installed.

It never showed up in hwinfo so I didn't do anything about it, but for some reason today I installed the software for it (Debian, in the repo) ... & the fingerprint sensor worked.

No-one else is interested of course, but I'm quite delightd by it all. No more tedious passwords on the lock screen etc.

#thinkpad #x260 #debian

Replaced the keyboard on my #x260 after the left shift key stopped
working. Having performed this procedure on various #Thinkpad models
over the year, this was by far the most tedious; it involves removing
layer after layer from the bottom side of the machine until one
reaches the keyboard on the other end.

And then you need to undo the whole chain of steps to reassamble it!

I bought this Lenovo X260 laptop.
Tiny Debian Xfce laptop to my mom. :)

It came with Windows 11, but now it runs Debian 12.

Cleaned. Newer BIOS istalled. Thermal paste is changed.

I think it's now ready to new home.

#Debian #Xfce #Linux #Lenovo #X260 #XSeries

I upgraded a #lenovo #X260 notebook with a Crucial BX500 2TB #SSD (SATA).

The #Linux OS is #NixOS: https://github.com/novoid/nixos-config (host "floyd")

The SSD should be able to do 500MB/s+ and the X260 SATA port has 6Gb/s.

Unfortunately, I only get very, very poor 25.78 MiB/sec (sysbench) performance from that SSD. 😩

Has anybody an idea what I should check/change? 🤔

I replaced the SSD in my old #Lenovo #x260 and tried #FreeBSD again. This time I installed #Xorg, and it turns out the graphics don’t freeze on wake-from-sleep like they did in Wayland. I still have a couple of issues to fix before I’m content, but I’m happy with today’s little project. #RunBSD

I setup Sierra Wireless EM7455 Mobile Broadband in my Thinkpad x260 and now I can use SIM card on Linux!

Resources what can help you setup Sierra modems on Linux:

https://github.com/danielewood/sierra-wireless-modems

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mobile_broadband_modem

#sierra #sierrawireless #modem #thinkpad #x260

@mfru I tried running #FreeBSD on a #Lenovo #X260 a short while but gave up due to lack of time: I got a lot of it running, but also had a lot of paper cuts: #SwayWM was excellent, but when I tried to auto-lock my screen, the #Wayland session froze in a red screen and the only way to get rid of it was to open a console session and kill it. Also the messy #WiFi that can’t natively reach AC speeds and doesn’t roam between APs. I really want it to work for me, but…

I’ve installed #FreeBSD on an old #Lenovo #x260 I had lying around. Turning it into a basic working environment was simple. Making it sleep/wake using the lid took a little bit of research. But I really don’t understand how to apply https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=acpi_ibm to get the function row working with #ACPI_IBM. Does anybody care to give me a hint to put me on the right track? 🙂

Tenía la batería del #Thinkpad #X260 muy cascada y se la he cambiado por una nueva. 💻🔋
Tengo portátil para rato alargando su uso unos años.
¿Sueles cambiar los componentes de tus ordenadores tú mismo? 🛠️🧑‍🔧

So I installed the Mint themes on my ThinkPad X260. Look how beautiful it is. Red theme fits ThinkPads so well.

#ThinkPad #X260 #Debian #Linux

So here's a lovely picture of my ThinkPad X260 running Debian Bullseye.

#ThinkPad #X260 #Debian

He cambiado el TrackPoint de mi #Thinkpad #X260.
En unos meses me animaré a cambiarle las baterías interna y externa, y puede que la pantalla a FHD.
Muy contento con este portátil.

@minino kauf dir vielleicht ein gebrauchtes #Thinkpad der X oder T Reihe (nicht die anderen Reihen). Wie gut Minecraft darauf laeuft weiss ich nicht, eher etwas niedrigere Einstellungen, weil Minecraft doch ein bisschen was braucht an Power.
Auf ebay kannste Thinkpads kaufen, denke #X240, #X250, #X260 oder #T440, #T450, #T460 sind gerade die Modelle, die vom Preisleistungsverhaeltnis am besten sind. Wenn du guenstig #X270 oder #T470 bekommst ist natuerlich auch gut.

Vor allem sind diese Modellreihen zu empfehlen, weil sie historisch gute Qualitaet hatten (wie das jetzt bei den neueren Modellen ist wird noch drueber diskutiert, hat aber nachgelassen) aber vor allem, weil auf ebay immer groessere Mengen verkauft werden, die von Businesskunden kommen und nach wenigen Jahren ersetzt werden.

#ThinkPad トラックポイントキャップを発注した。
どのキャップがどの機種に対応しているのか本当にわけわからないので、 #Lenovo は一刻も早く改善して欲しい。ユーザーガイドにすら載っていないってのはちょっと。
今回発注したのは #X260 用のやつで届くまではBluetoothのThinkPadキーボード（旧型）のやつを流用する。

Mein neuer gebrauchter Laptop - Das Thinkpad x260 mit Manjaro KDE. Ein Webcam Video aus der Küche. https://peertube.social/videos/watch/44e64ee4-a31b-4bda-aa51-16cad17f4360

#ThinkPad #X260 、今見たらだいたい中古3万円ぐらいで売られてて、すげぇお買い得感が凄い。

https://wowma.jp/item/321123098

#ThinkPad #X260 のバッテリー購入しようかと思ってこんな所に迷い込んだけど、怪しさ満点。……auのオフィシャルの通販なんだぜ、これ。

じつは今、 #X260 のバッテリーの駆動テストをやってるんだけど、「残り駆動時間」がほんとうにアテにならない。
動画とか見ずに、単にネットやってるだけとか、オフィスソフト動かすだけとか、そういう感じなら、だいたい5時間、余裕持って4時間って考えた方が良さそう。
まあ、屋外持ち出してもいいかなぁという感じのスペックだけど、やっぱできれば6セルもう1つ欲しいな。その前にMS Office入れたいけど。