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Brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo.

Thinkpads are a brand of laptop computers originally designed, manufactured and sold by IBM and now owned by Lenovo. They're typically designed for business, not consumer use, often have detailed hardware and repair guides, and some models are available with the option of Linux pre-installed at the factory.

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Pinch to Zoom on Thinkpad X1 Carbon

I have a nice new Thinkpad X1 Carbon. Is there a way to enable pinch to zoom? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
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ThinkPad W540 docking station: no sound on external speakers

When I plug headphones into the headphone jack in Ultra Dock on my W540, I don't have any sound. I have tried the proposed solutions for T420s mentioned in this post , none of them worked for W540. Is there a way to make the external headphone jack…
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thinkpad hdaps with ultrabay hdd

I'm aware that Thinkpad HDAPS's linux driver can stop the standard hard drive in your computer. However, I have a SSD plugged into my main port and a regular HDD plugged into my ultrabay. Is it possible to wire HDAPS so that it stops the secondary…
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Install ubuntu on thinkpad yoga

so I'm trying to install ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga(20C0006DMS). I don't want windows so I just tried to install ubuntu and chose "erase disk". The installation went fine and I connected to our wifi etc and it told me to restart my…
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Problems installing and booting 16.04 on new laptop

I have a brand new, out of the box Lenovo Thinkpad 11e. I've installed 16.04 LTS using a USB, though I had to do this via the desktop of the 'try Ubuntu without installing' option as the screen would freeze on the regular install option. Now it's…
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Ubuntu Compatibility with ThinkPad W540

I am looking to purchase a a ThinkPad W540 to run Ubuntu. The specs are as follows: Processor: I7-4700MQ Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K1100M 2G Memory: 16 GB Ram Would there be any compatibility issues with Ubuntu? I used the guide on the site but it…
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19.10: Thinkpad T495 showed 16GB RAM w/ Windows 10 but now shows only 13.6GB under Ubuntu

After paving over an install of Windows 10 on a Thinkpad T495 with Ubuntu 19.10, the total RAM memory shown in my system, which was 16 GB under Windows, is now showing only as 13.6 GB under Ubuntu. Looking for any insight as to what is going on that…
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For Thinkpad W510 Brightness does not work

After Upgrading up Ubuntu, and installed the additional drivers, and i tried bot the options that I got, and the brightness key do not work. What I mean by not working is that it shows me the bar as to it is moving up and down, but it does not…
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Do I need any drivers for a ThinkPad L410 laptop?

I am interested in using Ubuntu OS on my 'ThinkPadL410' laptop but when i searched for the required drivers in the lenovo website i didn't find any for Ubuntu . Can anybody tell me where can i find the required drivers , or tell me if i cannot…
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Docked Lenovo T580 freezes during or shortly after startup on kernel updates > 5.4.0-59

After updating my Ubuntu 20 kernel to anything higher than 5.4.0-59 the boot will freeze complete when on the Thinkpad Ultra Docking Station. I can boot fine when not docked but even when I dock after successful boot, my 4k external monitor never…
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Freezes with Ubuntu 20.10 on Lenovo Thinkpad T14 AMD

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T14 AMD that came with Windows 10 preinstalled. I didn't have any issues with this laptop when I was still using Windows. I took out the original SSD, put in a new Kingston A2000 1TB SSD and installed Ubuntu on that SSD. A…
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Is there a hdaps extension of gnome shell?

hdaps is a hard disk protect implement in thinkpad T and W series. My computer is thinkpad W500. How to use hdaps in gnome shell ? Thanks
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ThinkPad T410 buttons

I bought a T410 to use as an Ubuntu laptop for robotics work. I can't find any info on what the buttons above the trackpad are for, and the online user manuals I've found can only be used in Windows, as part of the help system! Could someone tell me…
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Best versions of ubuntu for thinkpad T21

Anybody have any experiences about installing Ubuntu onto a Thinkpad T21? Thanks!
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Ubuntu 14.04 Thinkpad T23 Savage-GPU

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 /x32 version on my Thinkpad T23. All works fine, but graphic is very poor performancewise. It seems, the savage IX runs as slow vga. Questions: Is there any driver for Ubuntu 14.04 and my savage? How to install it? I'm…
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