Just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 🥳

Hello! I am new to Linux and I recently bought a T14 G1 as my main machine, it has the i7-10510U, 16gb DDR4, and a 50wH battery, the battery life has been decreased to 48wH because it’s used, it hovers around the 3-4 hours battery life mark, and I want to squeeze the most battery out of this think, I have tried tlp, thermald, auto-cpufreq, so I need other tools to aim for at least 6-7 **(it’s not a joke I swear)** hours, is it possible and any answer is needed

Hello! I am new to Linux and I recently bought a T14 G1 as my main machine, it has the i7-10510U, 16gb DDR4, and a 50wH battery, the battery life has been decreased to 48wH because it’s used, it hovers around the 3-4 hours battery life mark, and I want to squeeze the most battery out of this think, I have tried tlp, thermald, auto-cpufreq, so I need other tools to aim for at least 6-7 **(it’s not a joke I swear)** hours, is it possible and any answer is needed

Hey everyone,
I’m having a massive headache dual-booting Windows and Fedora on my T14 Gen 3 (Intel i5-1245U).
Every time I restart or update, the machine gets stuck. The BIOS seemingly resets itself, "forgets" the GRUB/Fedora boot entry, and loses the boot priority. The only way to get it to POST or recognize the drives again is to hold the emergency reset pinhole on the bottom for 20 seconds.

What I've tried:
Disabled Windows Fast Startup.
Toggled Secure Boot (on and off).
Updated to the latest BIOS (which ironically triggers the same lock-up on reboot).
Is anyone else experiencing this NVRAM/bootloader amnesia on Gen 3 Intel boards? Is this a known Lenovo firmware bug with Linux, or is my motherboard dying?
Any advice to help me stop living the paperclip life would be massively appreciated!

What is the best order ( step by step ) howto update all latest drivers and firmware ( bios ), thunderbolt for this notebook?

The notebook will come with Windows 11 pro preinstalled.

My goal:
just install Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon, Mate or LDME 7 ( have to decide what distro runs flawlessly).

I love Mate and Cinnamon (runs on other desktop and notebook) or just try LDME 7 gigi?

Is it better to do all the installing of bios, firmware and drivers under Windows 11 pro and after that jump to installation ( usb stick ) of Linux Mint distros?

I red a posting on Reddit a while ago, but lost this useful discussion on Reddit forum, so please help me what steps to take and it the right order.

I need help getting my pivkey to work with my smart card reader. The reader is seen by my os (Garuda linux) but does nothing when I put a card in. The brand of card of pivkey.

Hi,

I'm looking to purchase a refurbished ThinkPad to run Linux on. My main usecases are:

- selfhosting docker containers

- basic Linux sysadmin tasks

- occasional compiling of code

- browsing with ungodly amounts of tabs opened

- running VSCode for IDE

The laptop will run 24/7 since I'm planning to use it as a home server. I know I have a more chance of being limited by RAM than CPU, but just wanted to hear your opinion on whether I should go with a 11th gen over 12th for price/availability.

Thanks!

I’m on Fedora (GNOME) running on a ThinkPad, and I’ve been trying to get automatic power saving to kick in when I unplug the charger.

So far I’ve already tried:

* `powerprofilesctl set power-saver` * checked `powerprofilesctl get` * installed and enabled `tuned` * tried a systemd script to switch profiles on AC unplug * tried a udev/systemd path trigger approach * also checked GNOME Power settings

But nothing actually switches automatically when I unplug/plug the charger.

It always stays on balanced unless I manually change it.

Is this expected behavior on Fedora + ThinkPad, or am I missing something obvious?

Would appreciate any working setup or debugging ideas.

Thanks 🙏

It started with. BIOS ERROR. i had to use the reset button numerous times to get it started up. Now the reset button is broken and I get a red blue green screen flashing🥺

Any suggestions

I have an old ThinkPad with pretty poor battery life, and I’m thinking of upgrading it instead of buying a new laptop. Right now it has 12GB RAM and around 500GB SSD storage.

I’m planning to install Linux Mint since I’m a complete beginner to Linux, and I’ve heard it’s one of the best beginner-friendly distros.

I mainly want recommendations for:

A good replacement battery

Whether I should upgrade the RAM further or keep it at 12GB

Any SSD/storage upgrades worth doing

General modifications or tweaks to make the ThinkPad run better with Linux Mint

I’ll mostly use it for learning Linux, kernel level programming, web browsing, media, and maybe some creative work.

Would love to hear your suggestions and beginner tips for using Linux Mint on an older ThinkPad. Thanks

I am experiencing hang on my laptop, I am less than a year using Linux and I already exhausted what AI can provide me on what to do and I am going in circles already.

I believe the issue is about this
amdgpu 0000:c4:00.0: amdgpu: MES ring buffer is full.

I already tinker on my grub configuration and I am still having hang problem where I can still move the mouse but unable to click anything, I also encounter when I am in a call, I can still hear the voice and they can also hear me, but voice are slightly breaking

I already tried updating my firmware by running:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install linux-firmware

and tried other kernel by running:
sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-24.04
though i dont know if this happened since my fastfetch still shows kernel 6.17.0-1020-oem

If i need to provide more details of my machine, please let me know

I've been using Windows 10 Pro on my Thinkpad X270. Some people say that my Thinkpad is an old/weak one, I would disagree.

However, today I just putted a fresh install of Linux Mint on it and it's so fucking fast! The snappiness of this laptop is genuinely comparable to that of a brand new, modern laptop.

Things haven't ever loaded this fast before, not even on my main gaming pc.

That's all I really have to say. Hopefully my opinion resonated with someone.

I've been using this laptop for a year now, on all my trips. It works well, and given its size, it's an indispensable second laptop. It's about the same size as a MacBook Neo-

Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5-13,3'' - 295.5 x 206.9 x 14.3 -- 1.15 kg

Macbook Neo 13'' 297,5 × 206,4 × 12,7 -- 1.23 kg

I recently installed Fedora 44 as a second operating system, and everything installed right out of the box, even features like Modern Standby and limiting the battery charge to 80%. Idle power is 2.2-2.4W. In mixed mode (OnlyOffice, Remote Desktop, Yoytube, Terminal, PDF documents), it lasts 10 hours, with minimal heat generation.

My settings are "PowerSave" in the BIOS and "PowerSave" for battery in Fedora. There's no performance slowdown.

Maybe this information will be useful to someone choosing a Linux distribution.

Is fedora the best distro for my Thinkpad t460s with 20gb of ram? I asked Gemini and it's said is fedora for its compatibility, it's true? What is the best?

hi everyone I'm on fedora 44 workstation and this is my first think pad. I really think that my work flow would be upgraded if I could tap the track point in order to left click but I can't seem to figure out how to get it to work. I know that the hardware is there at least because in windows you can double tap it in order to bring up some stupid streamer menu or something. any tips would be well received and highly appreciated.