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My First ThinkPad
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:59 am
by nanomacguy
This is my first time owning a ThinkPad! This is an IBM Thinkpad R40 running Windows 98.
Re: My First ThinkPad
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:28 pm
by unix_joe
Maybe give OS/2 a try?
Re: My First ThinkPad
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:25 am
by nanomacguy
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.
Re: My First ThinkPad
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2023 12:40 pm
by olddog
Haiku R1/B4.
Re: My First ThinkPad
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2023 6:36 pm
by MaxDrex
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
Re: My First ThinkPad
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:01 am
by nanomacguy
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.