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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I'm relatively unfamiliar with Linux. I'm getting a ThinkPad T460 and want to install Mint on it. Is there anything about the T460 I should know? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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It's probably been 15 years since I've used Linux and Mint seems to be the recommended distro for people who aren't all that familiar with Linux like me, but I didn't know if there was anything I should know with this ThinkPad model that anyone is familiar with. My searching around shows people saying everything from it was painless to install to they had tons of issues and I have no idea how common either one is.

So any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

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[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Thinkpads are great for running Linux, but one thing I've noticed is thinkfan is not installed by any distro I've tried. You definitely want that, or your laptop's fan isn't going to work - that will lead to performance issues or potentially damage your laptop

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Thank you, that is vital!

[–] signofzeta@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My T470 worked just fine without thinkfan installed. Is that just something model-specific?

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It'll work, but the fan won't speed up when the CPU is hot.