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This is ThinkWiki, the Wiki Web for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad users. Here you find anything you need to install your favourite Linux distribution on your ThinkPad. Windows users shouldn't run away, there's a lot of useful information for them as well. 5,648 active users have registered since Sep. 2004 and created 1,434 articles (59,005 page edits so far). Please support us and help to extend this wiki. Thank you! Account creation on ThinkWiki More about ThinkWiki Hardware Hardware Specifications (Hardware specs of ThinkPad models) ThinkPad Technologies (special features of ThinkPads) Components & AddOns (ThinkPad components and addons) BIOS Upgrade (How to keep your BIOS up to date) Known Problems (Known problem with certain ThinkPads) Error Codes & Beeps (BIOS numerical and beep error codes) Hardware Hacking (Mods and stuff) Maintenance (How to keep your ThinkPad nice and shiny) Buyers Guide (Hints on buying ThinkPads) ThinkPad models HOWTOs ThinkPad Installation (How to install your favorite OS) Driver Installation (How to make certain drivers work) Preload Recovery (How to recover the preloaded OS) Power Management (How to get Suspend, Speedstep etc. working) Special Keys (How to setup/configure the extra keys) Performance (How to optimize your system) BIOS-Bootsplash (How to change the IBM BIOS bootsplash) How to read ThinkWiki Drivers and Patches Drivers (Useful drivers for ThinkPads) Tools (Useful Tools for ThinkPads) Patches (ThinkPad related patches) Scripts (ThinkPad related scripts) Configs (useful configuration files) Categories Further Information Glossary (explanations of special terms) Mailinglists (talk to other people and get help) important ThinkPad Links (links to useful sites) IRC-Channels (for urgent help and chatter) <thinkwiki>4</thinkwiki>

ThinkWiki News 13.03.2024: ThinkWiki is celebrating its 20th anniversary. 08.09.2021: New server hardware. 15.03.2021: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.31.12. 01.08.2020: Scheduled downtime due to service maintenance 31.03.2018: Major security update on server software. 10.05.2017: All insecure elements have been removed from ThinkWiki. 08.03.2017: ThinkWiki now uses SSL/TLS by default. 01.01.2016: ThinkWiki wishes all users a happy new year! 08.02.2015: ThinkWiki got new awesome hardware! 31.01.2015: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.24.1. 06.08.2013: Cleanup action: All users with no page edits older than 90 days will get purged. 01.05.2013: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.20.5. 01.05.2013: Sorry for some downtime today (and yesterday) 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki got new hardware! 13.08.2012: ThinkWiki suffered a partial data loss 03.02.2012: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.18.1. 15.10.2011: We are pleased to announce our new partnership with thinkpads.com 28.06.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.17.0. 07.06.2011: ibm.com MIGR Doc links are dead! Please convert any dead links to use the IBMDOCURL or LNVDOCURL template 20.03.2011: User account creation temporarily disabled, until we have an effective way to reduce SPAM. 08.02.2011: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.16.2. 17.05.2010: ThinkWiki got shiny new hardware! More News Industry Watch 30.07.2020: New fglrx driver version 20.30 released 18.12.2015: New fglrx driver version 15.12 released 24.04.2012: New fglrx driver version 12.4 released 28.09.2011: New fglrx driver version 11.9 released 19.02.2009: Ubuntu 10.04 will use nouveau drivers for nVidia GPUs. See this Phoronix article . 29.01.2009: New fglrx driver version 9.1 released with support for OpenGL 3.0, Hybrid Crossfile and Multiview. 18.09.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.9 (8.532) released. 10.06.2008: Engadget got some leaked technical specs of the new ThinkPads. 16.04.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.476) released. 14.04.2008: Lenovo's entire new ThinkPad line leaked, X300 gets siblings. See Gizmodo for details. 18.01.2008: New fglrx driver version 8.1 (8.454) released. More News Recent changes 16 November 2024      02:28  Category:T480‎ (diff | hist) . . (+1)‎ . . Wookey (Talk | contribs) (→‎Lenovo ThinkPad T480: Fix indenting erorrs) More changes

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