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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.

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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)

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)

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)

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News

04.04.2008:We apologize for some downtime today.
01.04.2008:Lenovo announced the ThinkPad Mr. Coffee Edition.
20.02.2008:X300 design articles on lenovo blogs and businessweek
14.02.2008:Ultralight Lenovo X300 Series Thinkpad leaked
12.02.2008:Vista UDF 2.01 media now work with Linux!
05.02.2008:Added the cool Recaptcha extension.
03.02.2008:ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.11.1.
18.01.2008:Again ThinkWiki got shiny new lightning fast hardware.
14.11.2007:lesswatts.org now hosts the Linux ACPI project, as well as powertop and many other important power management projects.
19.10.2007:ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.11.0. We apologize for some downtime on Oct. 15th and 16th.
11.10.2007:The ThinkPad turns 15 years old!
13.06.2007:A preliminary version of the reverse-engineered R500 driver is available.
06.06.2007:ThinkWiki finally runs on new hardware.
22.05.2007:ThinkWiki has been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.10.0.
13.05.2007:Intel released PowerTOP, helps to prolong battery life.
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Industry Watch

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.
25.12.2007:intellinuxwireless.org has announced new versions of mac80211 wireless stack and iwlwifi network drivers for Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter and Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter
20.12.2007:New fglrx driver version 7-12 released.
21.11.2007:New fglrx driver version 7-11 (8.433) released.
23.10.2007:New fglrx driver version 8.42.3 released.
12.10.2007:New ThinkPad Reserve edition model officially announced.
12.9.2007:New fglrx driver version 8.41.7 released.
8.9.2007:Lenovo's Inside the Box blog discusses ThinkPad Linux support.
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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)

To experiment with this wiki please try ThinkWiki:Sandbox. See the User's Guide for usage and configuration help.

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