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Steps for adding a new laptop

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I have a new-to-me-laptop. This post isn’t about setting it up, installing applications, etc. Nor is it about copying data from the old laptop to the new laptop. This post is about the configuration things which are specific to this laptop, which is known as pro05.int.unixathome.org. It will cover several steps that, because they are carried out so infrequently, I don’t always remember them. Hopefully, this will help me the next time I […]

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Quieter laptop

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Yes, my laptop arrived safe and sound. Well, mostly safe. It was actually delivered to another address on campus, but it eventually arrived at Afilias. Tonight, as I wait for the phone to ring, I decide to play with the fan and see if I could shut it off. I can: # sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan=0 dev.acpi_ibm.0.fan: 1 -> 0 Checking the temp was easy and pretty soon things jumped from about 48C to just

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The laptop is coming! The laptop is coming!

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Odd how grown men, myself included, get giddy about new toys. My IBM ThinkPad T41 is no longer reliable. It has taken to being heat sensitive. I suspect something inside is broken / slightly disconnected and as the heat inside increases, a connection fails. I have tried to fix it, but failed. It has been acting tempermental for about two months now. I narrowed my search down to the ThinkPad x61s: Processor: Intel®

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