"New" Thinkpad T60 and Hyperbola Linux
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I adopted an Thinkpad T60... really, i didn't plan on
getting another machine! But there was this coworker who
cleared his basement and found this T60 in absolutely
pristine condition which only needed some cleaning and the
removement of shoddily applied german keyboard stickers. And
as my Thinkpad R60 is currently my playground for ReactOS
and i needed a mobile system for work and thinking how
shamefull it would be letting such a system go to the
electronic wast heap... eh.. whatever, i got another system.

So, the first question was which operating system will go on
this machine, as ia am always on the lookout for ways to
make my life a bit more complicated i opted for a
distribution based on the linux-libre kernel. After failing
to install Guix i went for Hyperbola and... really started
to like it. Hyperbola is a descendant from Arch and is built
by a group of brazilian free software fanatics (and i use
this word in the most positive way possible), who want to
build a system in the lightweight Arch way but with Debian
style long term support stability. They are also planing on
switching the kernel from Linux to an OpenBSD
fork. So... its an interesting system. That they offer a
combined 32/64 Bit installation image also contributed to my
decission to try it out. Oh, and its SystemD free, didn't i
mention this?

Regarding the installation there is not much to say: Its an
Arch style installation and if you have done something like
this before its totally uncomplicated. Nearly. They have let
their pacman keys expire... but hey, nobody is perfect.

So, having everything installed and added slim as login
manager and Lumina as desktop i ended up with a remarkable
nimble and fast laptop.

What i also have to mention is the experience of typing on a
"quasi new" old thinkpad keyboard... they surely don't build
'em like 'tis anymore... (and sadly shows that my good old
R60 is rapidly aging).