A Pleasant Surprise...

suspended · posted: 2017-10-05 20:31

My father gave me an old IBM Thinkpad eight years ago. I tried many distros and kept getting frustrated because none of them worked properly. Most of the problems were associated with RAM being gobbled up so fast that I was unable to shutdown the computer the traditional way (i.e. through the menu).

I would try a distro, get frustrated, and the machine would go into the closet. Rinse and repeat for eight years.

I decided to give it one more try and if I ended up in failure, then I'd sell my old machine.

Today I used Distrowatch to run some advanced queries in an attempt to find a distro that would work. After about an hour of searching and reading I found AntiX. I downloaded the 16.2-386 image to my iMac, used Etcher to make a bootable USB, booted my Thinkpad with the USB which loaded AntiX into RAM, ran the super-easy installer, and have been using my machine all day. This is the fastest I've ever been able to get a distro on my Thinkpad. Not only that, it's the only distro that works properly on my Thinkpad!!!!

A truly amazing job on this distro. Thank you so much for a wonderful product. I wrote a positive review over at Distrowatch and if there is anything else that I can do to show my appreciation, then let me know.

Thanks again.

rokytnji · posted: 2017-10-05 21:19

Howdy and Welcome. I own a old IBM T23 . How about posting a

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inxi -Fxz

in your next post so we can see your IBM specs?

suspended · posted: 2017-10-05 22:22

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System:    Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.3)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-16.2_386-full Berta Cáceres 15 June 2017
Machine:   Device: laptop System: LENOVO product: 06573AU v: Thinkpad R60
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 06573AU
           BIOS: LENOVO v: 7EETB6WW (2.06 ) date: 10/16/2006
Battery    BAT0: charge: 49.4 Wh 87.3% condition: 56.6/56.2 Wh (101%)
           model: SONY 92P1141 status: Charging
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M 420 (-UP-) cache: 1024 KB
           flags: (nx pae sse sse2 sse3) bmips: 3192 speed: 1596 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945GM x86/MMX/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: ALSA v: k4.4.10-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5751M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC
           driver: ath5k bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 60.0GB (8.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: HTS541060G9SA00 size: 60.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 53G used: 2.8G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.18GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: 26.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
Info:      Processes: 139 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 86.4/487.7MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.301) inxi: 2.3.21

ile · posted: 2017-10-06 20:10

hello suspended
captured antix history with your imagination seeing this row of hooks, hangers 2222 with your name suspended.
hello. hope that is not about licenses and credit cards; hhope that is without expiration. See you hanging around the forum.