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What should I install on it next?

Poll ended at Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:59 am

Windows XP
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Windows NT 4
1
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Fedora Core 1
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Mandrake Linux
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Debian 3.0
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Red Hat Linux 7.2
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nanomacguy
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My First ThinkPad

#1 Post by nanomacguy » Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:59 am

This is my first time owning a ThinkPad! This is an IBM Thinkpad R40 running Windows 98.

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Re: My First ThinkPad

#2 Post by unix_joe » Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:28 pm

Maybe give OS/2 a try?
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T14 Gen 1 and some older ThinkPads running Debian.
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Re: My First ThinkPad

#3 Post by nanomacguy » Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:25 am

I would try OS/2, but I was worried about drivers because the last version of OS/2 come out in 2001, but my ThinkPad R40 came out in 2003.
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Re: My First ThinkPad

#4 Post by olddog » Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:40 pm

Haiku R1/B4.
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Re: My First ThinkPad

#5 Post by MaxDrex » Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:36 pm

nanomacguy wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:25 am
 I would try OS/2, but I was worried about drivers because the last version of OS/2 come out in 2001, but my ThinkPad R40 came out in 2003.
I have gotten OS/2 running on a t43, it is pretty janky (mostly due to my own stupidity). I would be really surprised if it wouldn't work on a machine that's two years older
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Re: My First ThinkPad

#6 Post by nanomacguy » Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:01 am

OK! I'll give OS/2 a try. I started getting bored with all the old linux distros, because the Thinkpad can't run a modern Desktop, but it's too new to run all of the nice looking old desktops (KDE 2, GNOME 1) because the distros that include this are all from 2001 - late 2002.
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