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[–] [email protected] 151 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Seeing Windows on a Thinkpad feels weird. I better go back to Unixporn to feel better.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

My thoughts exactly... Where are the tiling WMs?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

As an i3 guy for over a decade, sell me on sway? Just out of curiosity.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Sway is on wayland and wayland together with systemd is the best thing that ever happened to Linux.

/me throws a smoke bomb to the floor and runs away laughing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

i think the biggest argument against i3 is wayland. Past that i'm probably waiting for i3 2 electric boogaloo. It's such a good piece of software.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

is a 99% compatible replacement for i3, just using Wayland instead of xorg. this means better multimonitor and u get some extra frames meow ^w^

i dont think it runs well with a nvidia gpu tho, so just aheads up for that meow

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

As an Arch + Hyprland Thinkpad user seeing a beautiful Thinkpad being ruined by Windows hurts. Free them from their Microsoft prison already.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t even use windows anymore apart from my work laptop, where I can’t install stuff on my own anyway, but that still made me look up options for tiling window managers on windows rn. (Tiling windows managers amiright)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe it's my age, but I've only ever known IBMs as DOS and Windows machines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

What about hackintosh on a thinkpad?

[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

thats a cool coverup/origin story for your thinkpad collection

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Yeah I don't expect there are many tech employees working with Windows Thinkpads.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I worked for one of the biggest tech companies in the UK, we used Thinkpads for our dev work. They're solid machines with good specs and excellent warranties. Big companies love them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've worked for tech companies in SV and I've never seen a developer without a MacBook.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes the only laptops/desktops that pit alien ware to shame for the price to performance ratio.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

The X1 Carbon is one of the best developer laptops there is, but I would never tarnish one with Windows

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Mostly finance guys…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

i work at a tech company and everyone here runs company mandated windows on their company thinkpads

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

you would be surprised... i cannot use linux and have a thinkpad assigned. i need to change company...

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wheres the tiling WMs? Wheres the fastfetch? Wheres the cool looking rice? Wheres the programming socks? Wheres the obligatory Blåhaj?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's unethical to keep a ThinkPad in the conditions on display in the photo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

All Thinkpads (even the lower quality and less upgradable newer ones) deserve a loving Linux Transfem :3

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TwinkPad the best bait to kidnap the queers(TM)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You could totally kidnap me if you offered me a x220

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

“I’m looking for a man in finance”

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t see any MacBook Pros. I assume the tech guys work in SaaS.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Does that make you a laptoprostitute?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Had to check this wasn't a LinkedIn post.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

...hey wait a sec, I think I see my laptop in there!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago