User:FranzGratzer

Introduction

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 desktop are Nautilus, Evolution Mail, Scribus, Inkscape, GIMP, LibreOffice, gedit and FileZilla. In addition Plakativ and PDF Arranger do make my life easier when working with PDF files.

T61 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.