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FranzGratzer — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:51:51 GMT

I removed the pointless heading

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T61

FranzGratzer — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:25:50 GMT

Added link to external report on installing Debian Trixie

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FranzGratzer — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:42:55 GMT

‎Introduction: extended my elaborations further

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FranzGratzer — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:54:41 GMT

Initial draft of an install report for the T61 with Debian 13 Trixie

New page

= Introduction =
In a nutshell: The T61 works flawlessly and surprisingly snappy out of the box with Debian 13 – even when using the GNOME desktop environment. I didn't notice any hick-ups so far.

== System information ==
* BIOS version: 2.29 (7LETC9WW) 2011-03-18
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2,2 GHz
* RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR2 SODIMM 6400 (800 MHz)
* Graphics: Intel 965GM
* Display: 15,4 inch, 1680 x 1050 (16:10)
* Linux kernel version: 6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64

== Installation ==
I first installed Windows XP in order to upgrade to the latest bios the recommended way. (I found a Windows XP Professional SP3 iso I could use for this on archive.org.) Only afterwards I inserted the system disk I had prepared on an other laptop. So it was obviously not even necessary to select any hardware-specific drivers for this system. (I will do a normal Trixie install as soon as I get the 2,5 inch SATA SSD I intend to use in this system. Then I will upgrade this report.)

=== Bluetooth ===
I don't use any Bluetooth devices. So I didn't test it.

[[Category:T61]]
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User:FranzGratzer

Akw — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:02:32 GMT

User account FranzGratzer was created by Akw Account requested by email (Franz Gratzer, franz.gratzer@fsfe.org) - install report for T61 on Debian Trixie

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 I am a graphic designer from Austria/Europe who has switched to Debian in 2008. The most common tools I do use for my work on the [https://www.gnome.org/ GNOME desktop] are [https://apps.gnome.org/Nautilus/ Nautilus], [https://help.gnome.org/evolution/ Evolution Mail], [https://www.scribus.net/ Scribus], [https://inkscape.org/ Inkscape], [https://www.gimp.org/ GIMP], [https://www.libreoffice.org/ LibreOffice], [https://gedit-text-editor.org/ gedit] and [https://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla]. In addition [https://gitlab.mister-muffin.de/josch/plakativ Plakativ] and [https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger PDF Arranger] do make my life easier when working with PDF files.
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 Of course there are some edge cases where buying expensive new hardware would be beneficial. But not many people can justify to invest in this kind of performance because few people need to render 3D graphics, do high resolution video production or need to compile complex programs frequently.
-In general, my experience has been that most people get tricked and tempted by advertisements and do replace their old hardware much more frequently as would make sense from a practical standpoint. We could avoid incredible amounts of e-waste if people did consider more carefully what they actually need. Of course it would also help if people knew which free operating system best fits their use case.
+In general, my experience has been that most people get tricked and tempted by advertisements and do replace their old hardware much more frequently as would make sense from a practical standpoint. We could avoid incredible amounts of e-waste if people did consider more carefully what they actually need. Of course it would also help if people knew which free operating system fits their use case best.

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 * [http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Etch_on_Thinkpad_T61.html Installing Debian/Linux Etch on a Thinkpad T61], 2007-05-22
 * {{Install|Debian| Lenny|T61}}
 === Slackware ===

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 = Introduction =
 In a nutshell: The T61 works flawlessly and surprisingly snappy out of the box with Debian 13 – even when using the GNOME desktop environment. I didn't notice any hick-ups so far.
-== System information ==
+=== System information ===
 * BIOS version: 2.29 (7LETC9WW) 2011-03-18
 * CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2,2 GHz
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 * Linux kernel version: 6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64
-== Installation ==
+=== Installation ===
 I first installed Windows XP in order to upgrade to the latest bios the recommended way. (I found a Windows XP Professional SP3 iso I could use for this on archive.org.) Only afterwards I inserted the system disk I had prepared on an other laptop. So it was obviously not even necessary to select any hardware-specific drivers for this system. (I will do a normal Trixie install as soon as I get the 2,5 inch SATA SSD I intend to use in this system. Then I will upgrade this report.)