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Category: ThinkPad W541

Five months of OpenIndiana: Thoughts

Five months of OpenIndiana: Thoughts

After five months of “daily driving” OpenIndiana Hipster, I have been adjusting to using the descendant of Ma Bell’s operating system — Unix System V.

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Posted on March 23, 2025Categories Computing, ThinkPad W541Tags GIMP, OpenIndiana, operating system, System V, ThinkPad W541, unix
Reviving the W541 with OpenIndiana

Reviving the W541 with OpenIndiana

My third Lenovo ThinkPad has a new lease on life.

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Posted on December 24, 2024December 28, 2024Categories Computing, ThinkPad W541Tags *nix, Illumos, OpenIndiana, operating system, thinkpad, unix, w541
A Week with the W541

A Week with the W541

My first week with the W541 has been bittersweet.

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Posted on November 29, 2018Categories Computer Roster, Computing, ThinkPad W541Tags graphics, nvidia, quadro, test, w541

New Computer: ThinkPad W541 (First Impressions)

After the ThinkPad T450 died an early and unfortunate death in early October, a replacement computer was sourced.

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Posted on November 21, 2018November 29, 2018Categories Computer Roster, Computing, ThinkPad W541Tags lenovo, t450, thinkpad, w5411 Comment on New Computer: ThinkPad W541 (First Impressions)
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