Hi,
Thomas Vetere wrote:
> I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
> particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
> because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
> support in the first place (bluetooth, camera, etc.
On 2021-06-29, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> I have several ThinkPad of that vintage (T4x, R5x) and they do run
> various opensource OSs very well. The only hardware "support drop" I
> have seen across the board is due to video drivers - but these have
> either Intel or classic ATI which appears to co
On 2021-06-17, Jan Stary wrote:
>
> Yes; but some Thinkpads' BIOSes contain a whitelist of sanctioned wifi
> cards, and will not boot with other cards. So sometimes you are kinda
> stuck with the original one, unless you find the exact compatibility
> list and get a supported card. Typically, I en
Hi,
For other reason I'm not comfortable pushing that way, capacitors
can give up after quite long time thus I'd probably check for 3-6
years old.
Though I don't apply this to myself, I got a 20+ years Toshiba and
very happy. Except the graphic card gave up so I it runs console,
but I'm still ha
Wow, thanks for all the great responses. I actually found a 2011-ish HP
Notebook I had lying around. I cleaned it, new thermal paste and have it
running now. The only real issue I am seeing is that the Wifi card is an
Atheros (athn0) and while it does connect, I seem to be getting sporadic
connecti
On Jun 15 20:14:14, tomvet...@gmail.com wrote:
> I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
> particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
> because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
> support in the first place (blu
Hi
I have a R51e and OpenBSD i386 works great on it.
I upgraded memory its from 1 to 2gig, but 1gig is
plenty.
John
On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 08:14:14PM -0400, Thomas Vetere wrote:
Hello everyone,
I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
particular is the Thinkpa
On 2021-06-16, Thomas Vetere wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
> particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
> because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
> support in the first
On 6/15/21 8:14 PM, Thomas Vetere wrote:
Hello everyone,
I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
support in the first place
Thomas Vetere writes:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
> particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
> because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
> support in the first place (bluet
Hello everyone,
I was looking to get a laptop to run OpenBSD. The one I am looking at in
particular is the Thinkpad R51e (2005). I like this particular model
because it does not come with any extra hardware that OpenBSD does not
support in the first place (bluetooth, camera, etc.) My main concern
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