<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Damn! That is good:-) <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">C'mon people , we need more definitions of FPR, Doug's winning, although Bob's a pretty close second.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I had to look up pataphysical by the way, I need to step up my geek game...<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 7:31 PM Doug Moen <<a href="mailto:doug@moens.org">doug@moens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">CSD is Computer Service Depot, <a href="http://csdepot.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">csdepot.com</a><br>
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FPR is Fast Pataphysical Reticulator. For interfacing with Ouija boards and the like. A little known Thinkpad benefit.<br>
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TLP might be battery power optimizer, not sure: <a href="https://linrunner.de/tlp/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linrunner.de/tlp/</a><br>
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CN must be Canadian National, how else did it get delivered from a BC port, right? (They are shipped from China.)<br>
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On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, at 6:07 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:<br>
> Hi Ron: I'm in need of some acronym expansion... I'm guessing CSD != <br>
> Computer Shop Depot, FPR != Fancy Plug Receptacle, TLP != That Linux <br>
> Program, CTO =? Chief Technology Officer, CN != Canadian National <br>
> railways...<br>
> <br>
> --Bob.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 2020-11-29 4:28 p.m., Ron Singh wrote:<br>
> > I've known Yale at CSD since he was 17yo...a real fine fella and a straight<br>
> > shooter.<br>
> > <br>
> > On Friday, I received my 1st batch of T14s(slimmer vers of the T14) and<br>
> > have loaded Mint 20(based on Ubu 20.04LTS) and everything is recognized,<br>
> > all ports tried except for the FPR, no one in my world uses them. Of the 15<br>
> > units, 3 will be running Mint 20 for the rest of their working lives, so it<br>
> > will be a good test bed to see how them stack up. I did turn off all the<br>
> > cruft in the BIOS like secure boot at all that, I dumbed it down as much as<br>
> > possible, TLP works a treat, BT same.<br>
> > <br>
> > I did have the issue(AGAIN) of the mouse pointer acceleration being too<br>
> > fast, and adjusting it with the GUI tool was ineffective. I ripped out the<br>
> > LIBINPUT driver set(as per Clem of Mint) and stuffed in the EVDEV driver.<br>
> > Fixed! All good. now. This issue has haunted me with many Thinkpads and a<br>
> > couple of HP Z Workstation laptops, from 2012 models all the way to the<br>
> > current 2020 stuff.<br>
> > <br>
> > FWIW.<br>
> > <br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> > <br>
> > Ron S.<br>
> > BTW: These units wered CTO configs ordered on Nov 7th and I got them from<br>
> > CN on Nov 27th...not bad for a CTO from CN!<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Doug Moen <<a href="mailto:doug@moens.org" target="_blank">doug@moens.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > <br>
> >> <a href="http://csdepot.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">csdepot.com</a> is a local Lenovo dealer (although they've moved to<br>
> >> Cambridge), and most Lenovo products (the Thinkpads, some other laptops,<br>
> >> and a bunch of desktops) now have official Linux support, and some can be<br>
> >> purchased with Linux preinstalled.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I'm not recommending anything yet because my Thinkpad T14 still hasn't<br>
> >> been delivered.<br>
> >><br>
> >> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Chris Frey wrote:<br>
> >>> So I was browsing the Canada Computers site, as one does on Black Friday,<br>
> >>> and when I emailed them, they said they could not comment on Linux,<br>
> >>> and installing it would void the warranty.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Shock. Horror. :-)<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> It's been so long since I've bought a brand new system that I don't<br>
> >>> know who the linux-friendly vendors are in town. So, at risk of<br>
> >>> opening a large thread, what do people recommend?<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Thanks,<br>
> >>> - Chris<br>
> >>><br>
> >>><br>
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