Thinkpad meme

It's the same guy.

how dare you to assume it´s gender?
/s

I love this meme but I always wonder what they’re doing with Linux, like if I had an old thinkpad I think I’d only be as creative as to play movies in VLC 😔

Ive got an old network that eol got a bunch loaded with n64 and ps1 rims on it.
Using it for learning about cyber security mostly. Reading, browsing, just laptop stuff aside from that.
Polishing dotfiles for the color schemes and vimrc. Version controlling those dotfiles. Using neovim to edit the dotfiles configuring neovim. Scripting the tiling wm to open neovim in a way that fits editing the neovim config. Configuring ansible to be able to deploy the neovim dotfiles quickly from codeberg after reinstalling arch because it's the weekend and the kernel had some bloat parts so the whole system felt wrong.
Contributing to opensource libraries that make the whole tech field not collapse.
With mine, I’m working on a few things:
Getting better at CLI, specifically tmux and helix. I’m ok at it now, but could use the practice.
Learning Rust. It’s nice to not have distractions when I want to focus.
Experimenting with some alternative OSs. I’m extremely conservative with my main machine, but I don’t really care about these laptops.
Enjoying simplicity.

Shit... One of my coworkers is giving me one of these to play with...

Guess I'm ordering the socks this weekend...

glhf :3

Jokes on you, they're the same person

As it should be.

My boss gave me 5 free T-420s. They all run Mint now.

I'm not even trans, I just like the aesthetic and these socks help me program better

Men may not like it, but this is the ideal IT body.
- ....this honestly checks out entirely
Wait I always supposed that those sock pictures were from girls...
- They often are :3

plot twist: its the same person

except they don't identify as a person anymorre
- I support their journey into systemhood 😌
- This is either really transphobic or really trans positive :p
- Same here. I have a ThinkPad, and don't identify as a person. It just happens that I'm not a femboy (to my knowledge)

(* They are both the same person)

Business up top. Party down below.
w life changing decisions

I don't get the stickers thing.

Using one to cover up logo or brand etc is understandable tho.
The stickers thing has always been an "ick" for me. My friends enjoyed torturing me with this reaction to stickered laptops until I sent them a video of a person giving a talk with a massive minion sticker plastered on top of all their other stickers, to which even they were grossed out.
That said, I did have a plan to have a battle jacket made with patches like what the stickers on the laptop would be were I to attend a conference. Damn, I just realized I have attended a conference and completely forgot to follow up on that. Regret.
Some people wanna customize their machine and don't care about opsec.
I would never put stickers on my machine unless it was enough to completely cover it with hex stickers.

I just bought a T580 from eBay. When do the socks and skirt arrive?

7th or 8th gen Intel?
Need to install Arch first and, of course, tell everyone about it. One morning they will just appear on your doorstep. Happened to me, and everyone else I know.
- I installed EndeavourOS. Does that count?
You mean stockings and kilt don't you?
It's offered to you when you subscribe to Estrogen services

Heh, I have the arch sticker on that exact spot too:

Ahh, the classic Firefox logo. How old is that sticker?
- Also an old KDE logo. New, I just prefer the older logos.
what are the two things that are on top of thr arch linux logo and the bash logo?
(the rest i alr know)
(i may be using too much linux)
- I am not sure what you mean by the 2 things, since there's just one, and above one of the Bash logos is just Linux and Fediverse.
  I've labeled them:
That fox witch sticker is awesome, where did you get it?
- The image comes from xenia.chimmie.k.vu, but it's down for a while now :(
  It's archived on https://web.archive.org/web/20250524013830/https://xenia.chimmie.k.vu/
  Description from the site:
  A vector drawing of Xenia with a witch hat, colorful broom, purple skirt, shoes and t-shirt along with the green "Linux" logo. She's having a purple hair and the glasses. The background is fading from light purple to dark deep one. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Made fully in Inkscape.

Uhh… I just picked up a pair of old Thinkpad x130e and have a put Linux on them. If I run Debian instead of Arch and keep the sticker collection small can I avoid having to find socks like that in my size?

No
Might need a different colour. But distros are inclusive, so no worries.

meow

Meow
- Mrrow

Not trans, but soon I'll also have a ThinkPad, where can I get stickers for it? I'm looking into Manjaro instead of Arch though.

where can I get stickers for it?
wherever stickers are sold?
Manjaro is kinda crappy tbh, I'd recommend EndeavourOS or CachyOS instead.
- Groupthink.
You can find those kind of sticker packs on ebay and other shopping sites.(Goes for around 2 - 10 US bucks) You can also custom print your own ones (Usually hella ton cheaper)
mint?
- No KDE based version to my knowledge, did like the XFCE version save for it being broken when used with KDE apps like Kate.
Careful, owning a second hand thinkpad comes with programming socks
Manjaro my beloved

I call bullshit. You’re telling me they’re choosing some bullshit knockoff cherry red crap over arguably one of the best laptop keyboards ever created?

That’s AI man.

Red is crap. Gotta go blue or clear.
- Well if we’re talking switches, get with the kailh box dark yellow and feel the burn.
Mechanical switches? Ugh, brother, ugh, what's that brother?
Ascend with me to hall effect switches
- I went all in on magnetic analog keys. Everything can be joystick now.
- hall effect switches
  Is that another term for optical switches?
- Who the fuck buys a keyboard? I usually get free ones from relatives.
- Yeah hall effect is cool, but I demand a good old fashioned crack or pop sound when I hit a key. Typing should sound like armies of beetles with swords fighting.

i have socks but no thinkpad :(

i have thinkpad but no socks
wanna hangout?OwO
- :3 ok but sockdreams is the best website they have such cute socks!

laughs in Ideapad

That reminds me that I have a stack of Vista era laptops (and one Win 7) gathering dust. I should find something to do with them.

I use an old laptop as a Pi-hole, personally.
- I've thought of doing it, but the power draw wouldn't be reasonable.

Plot twist: the second person is the same as the first.

I'm a secret third thing

Miss my thinkpads. One was IBM

The IBM branded ones are cooler. Too bad they are ancient now. The Lenovos are still pretty good computers though
- The last of the IBM-branded ones are Core 2 Duo machines that can, with some upgrades, passably run a modern Linux distro. With that said, they are still nearly 20 years old.
  The last of the IBM-built ones are still 32-bit machines.

Got the think pad and used to have the socks, but no Arch. Fedora and Debian for me.

I always wondered where people get their cool stickers from, epspecially the 'niche ones' like the Lemmy/Fediverse ones. Like, I found shops for EU/Germany and maybe I'm to stingy, but I don't want to pay 50€ for 10 Stickers...

In Slovakia we have a stationery shop chain called FaxCopy that prints stickers as well. Rather than a limited number of stickers, you get to fill an entire page. For example, SRA3 page, matte exterior-grade (I assume that could be waterproof, they don't explain that...) costs €5.47. I only tried the cheapest paper option so far. That includes the cutting. However there's 2 ways, I prefer to kiss-cut over die-cut due to spacing, then just cut it up with scissors. For kiss-cut it's 5mm and for die cut it's 3cm.
Right, that brings me to another point, it is quite manual. You have to create the print template and cut template yourself. I used Inkscape for that.
Stickermule. Right, so they've went fully pro-Trump, sending pro-Trump emails to customers, and now I even found they made some 100ft wide "Vote for Trump" sign and Trump's statue.
Well, so why am I mentioning them? They've got a couple of promotions of 10 stickers for around $1 including shipping. Each can only be used once, but it's possible to delete and re-create the account (needs a different phone number). Certainly doesn't make them money.
Unfortunately, the latter is the company that acquired unixstickers.
- I'll have a look if i can find something similar to 1 in my area. If I get really desperate I might try 2, thanks ;)
All's you need is adhesive matte paper and a printer.
Optional: Cutting machine, Inkscape, GIMP
- Well, I have none of those (I don't even own a printer) :D
  But you're right buying the sheets and printing them in a copyshop is probably cheaper than buying individual stickers.

I have a ThinkPad but no socks that are long enough.

Think pad? Think again.

We have seen this meme many times, but this is our first time noticing the "plural inside" sticker.

Of course we own a crusty old sticker-emblazoned thinkpad that we keep running out of spite.