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Just bought a 2nd hand thinkpad T480 and it's really awesome. Love everything about it, specially the keyboard and webcam cover.

Time to install arch on it! Let's keep it minimal: vanilla kernel but with luks+btrfs and efistub as the bootloader. Also, using doas exclusively instead of sudo. systemd-networkd + systemd-resolved + iwd for all networking.

I'm a Xorg diehard boomer. Should I finally give Wayland a try? Are we there yet?
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geodesic 2y ago

Have you considered Parabola? Its libre arch, and one of the best reasons to own those old thinkpads. Its glorious.

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sommerfeld 2y ago

Is the only difference the kernel, i.e. linux-libre?

If so, can't I just install that kernel from regular arch?

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geodesic 2y ago

Its kernel, libre whitelisted repos, and a few other small tweaks.

I realize I just assumed you're running libreboot firmware on the laptop, but that may not be true. Worth checking out, if not.

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sommerfeld 2y ago

Last time I checked, i don't think you can libreboot a t480, maybe I'm wrong.

I'm all for using libre software and prefer it when it exists but at the same time I don't like being artificially restricted. Cool idea though!

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geodesic 2y ago

Oh I thought the T480 was a Core2Core Duo variant... I was mistaken. My bad 😅