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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.

5,632 users have registered since Sep. 2004 and created 1,430 articles (58,792 page edits so far).

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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)

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)

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ThinkWiki News

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 pleases 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!

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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.

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