I got one of these laptops from @coreysnipes@hachyderm.io, and it’s working great! Given that this is a circa 2012 ThinkPad T430s, it runs @archlinux@fosstodon.org, @kde@floss.social, @libreoffice@fosstodon.org, and @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net really, really well. It’s a damn shame that companies like Microsoft declare computers like this obsolete when they have so much more life left in them.
I’m happy that I got to save this particular machine from the scrap heap, and happy that I finally have a dedicated #Linux machine. And it’s not just any machine—it’s an honest-to-goodness ThinkPad that may outlive me. Seriously, it’s so friggin’ solid, and I love it.
Thanks again, Corey! ❤️