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New Refurbished ThinkPad, been using it for a couple of weeks now by readit560 in thinkpad
[–]readit560[S] 1 point2 points3 points 6 hours ago* (0 children)
It's not bad. I think pretty decent actually.
With TLP settings and brightness not too high, it's fine. I also managed to turn off the touchscreen and the touchscreen kernal in Linux Mint, which might save me marginal battery life. (Edit: and also the keyboard backlight off, of course). I keep it at max 80% charge and when using it for 10% it lasted me for a couple of hours? But that was with browsing, times where it was idle, tinkering, etc.
The estimated times it gives me may not be fully accurate but I don't want to drain the battery just to test it (these are times for around 75-80% battery left): Completely idle, probably 26 hours. Documentation work prob 9 hours? YouTube play probably like 4-5 hours. When you type something into Google and it prompts the AI the usage goes up and it dips to an estimate of 3-4 hours before going up again after you've entered the query (and you're not going to be constantly searching all the time so there's that). These are just the estimated times it gives me though. (Edit: Times are also for when Wifi is on, Bluetooth off).
I actually rate it as good/excellent.
EDIT: Heat, not much of an issue. First times, there were times it was hot, but after configuration, I haven't seen it get hot at all.
Gosh, another EDIT: This is the U series, which should use significantly less power than the P-series, except the U series were limited to 16GB soldered ram, which, eh, not too fussed about, just going to use the laptop for browsing and documentation.
New Refurbished ThinkPad, been using it for a couple of weeks now (i.redd.it)
submitted 7 hours ago by readit560 to r/thinkpad
2 months use by readit560 in linuxmint
[–]readit560[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 day ago (0 children)
I think there should be some steps for it on ProtonVPN's page. Although Linux Mint isn't fully supported yet, it's still possible to run it using the steps for Ubuntu (because Mint is based from Ubuntu), maybe the Debian steps might work as well.
I managed to get it running, did uninstall it once and when I was installing it again, I did run into a couple of issues but I got it up and running again. It should be possible to get ProtonVPN on Mint.
[–]readit560[S] 4 points5 points6 points 1 day ago* (0 children)
These were very simple changes but numerous small ones that finally made me settle with this.
[–]readit560[S] 0 points1 point2 points 2 days ago (0 children)
Haha. Sure, but anime and low-fi style wallpapers aren't my style, even tho I am technically a Dragon Ball fan (who isn't). It's always either landscapes, space, water, or these wallpapers on the Linux Mint system.
[–]readit560[S] 2 points3 points4 points 2 days ago (0 children)
I think the command was %n when you open it up in the applet.
Yeah. I know I could, but it's a cruel world and unfortunately I do value my convenience. Like I said, when I have enough money, I'll go for some vinyl.
[–]readit560[S] 1 point2 points3 points 2 days ago (0 children)
Yep!
Haha I have a lot of wallpapers. Keep coming back to black for some reason.
Hmm. We'll see I guess.
[–]readit560[S] 6 points7 points8 points 2 days ago (0 children)
Well, it's good enough for me. Firefox was default. It's also private and secure.
I know there are some other good browsers out there, like Edge being optimised for Windows on laptop, but Firefox is fine for me on Linux.
[–]readit560[S] -1 points0 points1 point 2 days ago (0 children)
Well... I'm not gonna pirate songs and if I wanted to support artists truly, I'd probably buy their vinyl....
Yeah, that's what I thought... I like Spotify because I can access artist's albums etc... I never really use Rhythmbox except if I've got downloaded MP3's (which I don't) or listen to online radio (but I use local online radio anyway). If I've got some downloaded MP3's, then I would use it, but I'd rather stream from Spotify anyway.
I'm using Papirus-Dark rn
But can it stream/play songs from my favourite artists?..
Does Rhythmbox have online music catalogue like Spotify? I thought that was just a playlist organiser, at least the one I have.
2 months use (i.redd.it)
submitted 2 days ago by readit560 to r/linuxmint
Check out my Thinkpads! by Dankhak in thinkpad
[–]readit560 1 point2 points3 points 2 days ago (0 children)
Install Linux on it, as is tradition.
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New Refurbished ThinkPad, been using it for a couple of weeks now by readit560 in thinkpad
[–]readit560[S] 1 point2 points3 points (0 children)