The ThinkPad Experience (and arch btw)

[@antoinetrefeu1800]

If you couldn't pacstrap from your college WiFi, it's certainly because you weren't connected to its captive portal. The problem is that you couldn't get any response other than 404 from any mirror. This makes me believe that your requests got redirected to the website of your college (in order for you to login). Creating a wifi hotspot bypass the captive portal because you're already connected to it on your raspberrypi. You could have connected directly on your ThinkPad by using a text based web browser like lynx.

[@Converge2Diverge]

That makes a lot of sense. It is weird since I was not prompted the captive portal on my Raspberry Pi but was on my ThinkPad, but I guess it is what it is. I had no idea I could use a text based browser like Lynx to avoid this issue, so thank you for sharing! I will try that method instead next time.

[@passionatetechnology8306]

Nice input Antoine. I would recommend many users to start with something like mint 20 since it works well out of the gate especially for his laptop model.

[@rahilarious]

Or he could've just used mobile data with hotspot to troubleshoot issue.

[@agushex]

Something similar happened to me but a bit worst in some regards, and less bad in other regards, when I installed Arch on my main PC, my main PC has a PCIe Wifi card, that in order to use I needed to install a broadcom driver... and since it's a full PC I didn't want to move the whole PC to where the router was to connect with a cable or to buy a long enough cable, so in order to install since you need internet connection I did a minimal install using my cellphone's 4G connected via USB, that worked really good, after the manual minimal installation I booted into the system and installed the broadcom driver and there I was able to use the WiFi to install the remaining stuff I wanted.

[@patrikeluisbritz4912]

But he would net internet connection in order to download Lynx

[@FHangya]

"There are many many options. So I chose the toughest!" Love it haha, best intro I've seen this week ^^

[@iskamag]

@@lukedev82 gentoo install is just arch's but it takes longer

[@Ghfvhvfg]

@@vytautas7689 isn‘t thst just gentoo

[@adlerbs1472]

@@Ghfvhvfg not even close

[@Platonic_fish]

time to start linux with lfs

[@supercellex4D]

@@iskamag FreeBSD

[@HuynhMinhPhucs]

This is like fighting the toughest guy in prison knowing full well that you are going to get a beating but still do it because it make you stronger

[@Diego-di9rp]

Thank you for the documentation and the information on how you solved the issue installing Arch.

[@archygrey9093]

The slow startup would be the hard drive (hdd), they get slow over time. My thinkpad used to take 1min 40 sec to boot up but after i replaced the hdd with an ssd it only took 18 secs to boot

[@archygrey9093]

Holy shit it's me from 8 months ago, i don't even remember watching this video previously.

[@lyx9560]

@@archygrey9093 how's the future?

[@AIC_onyt]

not always. had that issue with my SSD. some system services can cause trouble while booting.

[@chaos9790]

LIFE UPDATE?

[@PumaM90]

​@@chaos9790they're dead probably

[@matthewstott3493]

At the time of this video, this ThinkPad was 10 years old. A new battery, SSD, and if you flash Libreboot open source firmware and you'll speed up the boot time considerably.

[@Leo-sd3jt]

Swapping out from an hdd to an ssd will fix the boot speed

[@kborak]

I never really started with linux until I decided to try Arch. I tried Ubuntu and Mint and every question I had took me back to the Arch wiki. So I decided I should just install it. Then I made progress moving away from windows for good.

[@absobel]

This is so true, every question on Google always got me on Arch forums lol Ironically I find myself founding answer on Ubuntu forums now that I'm on arch

[@panapana4854]

I can relate to that. I am and have been on pop os, but find solutions to my problems for arch all the time. Does arch actually hold up to that perception though?

[@escapetherace1943]

@@panapana4854 no. The arch wiki is helpful because the documentation is so great, it doesn't matter really what distro you actually use.

[@dand337]

Distrowatch is a total scam. It doesn't relfect the actual distro popularity at all, these statistics are just hits per day on *their* site. At the top is Ubuntu not mx-linux which is basically nonexistent in the linux community. If I had to speculate top 3 distros it would be 1.ubuntu 2. manjaro 3. pop. Steam hardware survey is the most reliable source available for this kind of data.

[@Wilhuf1]

Ubuntu, Arch, Manjaro, and Linux Mint, per Steam Hardware Survey.

[@haifutter4166]

I still wouldn't call it a scam, since the site Clearly States, that it only shows the hits/day and not accurately shows the real popularity of the distros.

[@itzlqmer6084]

Manjaro trash

[@ygjt76v0-----]

The sites look realy old

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@ygjt76v0----- Indonesian

[@angelortega8276]

I've been looking at Linux laptops recently so this really helped, thank you.

[@Converge2Diverge]

No problem at all! It is a lot of fun to mess around with Linux in your spare time. I would highly recommend it!

[@henkholdingastate]

And the old keyboards are infinitely better than those modern ones.....sponges

[@VijayMalhotra]

Welcome to the arch community! Also do enlighten your batchmates and dorm mates about arch and Linux in general, that's how I was introduced (by one of my wingmate) to this awesome world.

[@Converge2Diverge]

Thank you, and I already did :)

[@AIC_onyt]

same. had a bunch of Linux dudes in my class. now i daily drive Linux. i have already used: Arch, Manjaro, Arco, Mint, POP!_OS. i looove linux based Operating systems and i felt weird using Windows in school

[@MitchellJBridges]

Ahh, If I was your roommate I'd laugh at you because I run FreeBSD. A vastly superior os, arch Linux is 🗑️. I tried it for a year in 2019. I regret it badly, it never works as the bootloader crashes. The graphics drivers fail alot. To make matters worse it destroys itself just by updating, or actually using it. I have yet to witness Freebsd do anything remotely like that. I can run it for weeks just for it to keep running like normal.

[@MitchellJBridges]

​@@AIC_onytTry FreeBSD, it's way more minimalistic and far more stable.

[@AhmadMughal1]

@@MitchellJBridges i have been using Arch for over 2 to 3 years now and even in its rolling release it has not once completely crashed or shutdown on me. I was previously on KDE and now using Gnome. There must be some issue with how you set it up.

[@sabatamofokeng6837]

running Manjaro 20.1 and I did try Arch Linux, also I had the wifi issue but finally got it working again it really takes time setting up your preferred environment...I salute everyone who use Arch on the daily.

[@mariusberger3297]

this video was put together so well, it's unbelievable. it actually reflects my experience very closely, i came from the mac and bought myself a T420 a while ago. installed manjaro (yes it's not really arch but whatever) and got nothing done in the beginning, but learning to find my way around bash, pacman etc was some of the most fun i ever had while "learning" an OS. Thanks for sharing!

[@brad69420]

its the suffering and crying that makes arch worthwhile but ok

[@SteinsGateIsAMasterpiece]

its sad that this guy does not post anymore but i will stay subbed in hopes of his comeback

[@soupwithpotatos1542]

about 4 years ago i took a laptop i had laying around (non thinkpad) and just dabbled in arch and learned a lot about linux that way. ill probably need a laptop for school next year and i still have that one lying around but was considering a thinkpad cause of how durable they are.

[@kebman]

Hello again. Thanks for a great video. Had to re-watch.

[@CRYPTiCEXiLE]

18 years of using arch linux still rocking it. This message typed on Arch btw.

[@stefannilsson2406]

My first personal computer was a 2012 macbook pro that I borrowed from school and later purchased from the school when I finnished. I just decided to switch to Linux a couple days ago and installed Arch on my desktop PC. I figured that since it is one of the most popular and well documented distros it would be the easiest one to resolve potential problems on.

[@techtycho4752]

I just switched from Ubuntu to Arch today, and I have to admit, the installation is very easy. or maybe it is just me since I already practiced in a VM.

[@SpongeBlaster]

I mean if you have to practice in a vm, that says something.

[@LC-hd5dc]

@@SpongeBlaster I've never had a painless install of any OS, so it's probably a good idea to practice anyway

[@wutt4]

Great video! :D pretty entertaining to watch

[@the_outer_heaven]

This video was the main reason to why I started using Linux Arch and why I love thinkpads

[@ketmax2805]

I think you just did the equivalent of learning to ride a bike as a kid. But you're going down Mount Everest and you have no brakes

[@joelsleeba2524]

First time I tried to pacstrap, I had the same issue. My Institute WiFi had a network login gateway to acces internet. And everytime a new MAC ID connects to the router, it'll ask for a network login, which can be done only through firefox or similar browsers. But USB tethering was preconfigured ig. I was able to access internet. And now I'm using it. :)

[@Chris-tb7jh]

Great video. I'm using Manjaro on an XPS13 right now but I will be switching to a ThinkPad myself very soon, so I might give Arch a whirl. 👍👍

[@Converge2Diverge]

Definitely! Since you already have experience, you will have a far easier time than I did 👍

[@atidyshirt]

Why switching from xps?

[@Chris-tb7jh]

@@atidyshirt it's a works machine and I'm leaving my job. Been thinking about a Thinkpad for my own machine for a while.

[@atidyshirt]

@@Chris-tb7jh fair, I'm thinking of chucking Linux on an XPS for uni once my Mac dies out

[@Chris-tb7jh]

@@atidyshirt you wont regret it. Only thing I'd say is if you are transitioning from non Linux, just make sure you have a 16gb ram system if you can manage it. Just helps when you have a need for a Windows VM. I only use it off and on but it's handy to run Adobe stuff whilst you are making the transition.

[@sercascade]

I also started with arch, I had to use it when I was 14 as my computer became rather slow. its what got me into computers and I highly recommend it to beginners

[@HikingFeral]

I am a 35-year-old Student Software Dev and I have never owned a ThinkPad! I really want to get one just for writing HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc, I'd like it to be old enough that running KZbin or playing games would be terrible, that way all I have to do when visiting friends is code and be productive (will never happen)

[@rotteegher39]

I started with Arch btw for my first linux is because I'm stubborn and I like challanges! I made it completely configured and safe not brakeable by standard means system after 3 reinstalls.

[@bEan-cf7mx]

that red thing in the middle is the computers nipple btw

[@LioonLP]

Hey man, great video! I am actually also in uni studying in the same field as you (CS and some math) and Im considering to buy a thinkpad and play around with arch for months now. But i got some concerns about the thinkpad: does it‘s performance hold up today? Is the screen really that bad? My usecase would be coding (sometimes in ide‘s like intellij), playing around with arch, browsing and reading/writing pdf‘s. Thx in advance!

[@Converge2Diverge]

The TN screen is pretty bad, but I personally don't mind. The performance is good for a 10 year old computer, as long as you upgrade the SSD and RAM. I use it to do daily tasks, such as web browsing and light coding.

[@vulongwindydragon4367]

Did you buy a thinkpad? I used the T400, and the T420 is still working along with my P50. Love thinkpad.

[@theSoberSobber]

hey, so my adivce would be, don't. get some better windows based laptop and then clean install it with a good DE and arch.

[@badrnoceir2262]

Arch is really good for beginners it teach is you alot cuz once you get used to it you'll just switch to "the beginner friendly distros"

[@MassimoPelle]

Good video I will try the same on my x220. You have new Italian follower 🎉

[@wackycritter7556]

I've done similar with an old macbook on student accommodation wifi, it's a pain in the ass to config all the wireless settings (thankfully drivers for the wifi chip on the USB worked). Pretty much you need to edit the configs so that your credentials go through. Was cool for a while but I had recurring driver issues post install and my roommate gave me his old thinkpad for cheap which I then also had to jump through said hoops to chuck arch on. tl;dr enterprise wifi and minimal install environments suck. Good idea bypassing using the pi hotspot, a very creative solution! Have fun with your arch adventures.

[@telotawa]

yeah, wifi is usually the biggest issue with installing arch, especially getting wpa enterprise to work

[@ratfuk9340]

Arch is definitely the right choice for ppl who want to learn quickly.

[@mfdez920]

Progress update? 👀

[@geekytutorials5745]

This is your first video I watched and I am shocked you didn't upload more videos on your channel because your channel have a lot of potential

[@denikec]

Thinkpads and Elitebooks are the peak of laptops

[@Rikaisan]

I love this! Linux as a hobby is fun c:

[@godfatheryt7626]

I am a CS student, i really like this machine and got a nice deal should i take it for programming in python, C, C++ and for learning linux and does it heats a lot.

[@majRFan]

I liked your personality, so i subscribed.... You are awesome. Keep up the good vibe/energy...

[@kelvinpina8815]

the thumbnail is so good

[@ggtt2570]

"Won't be gone for 9 months" **Has been gone for 2 years**

[@MeowieGamer]

well i mean hes not lying

[@nicktheneko]

Where can we buy the Linux Key Cap sticker??? i'd like to buy a few stickers :P

[@muhammed-aldulaimi]

A greatly entertaining video! Well done

[@levantateyora9317]

I love thinkpad.. i am using x1 carbon 7gen but does old thinkpad they last a life time

[@Converge2Diverge]

I don't know about a lifetime, but it definitely lasts at least a decade!

[@Vadkon07]

Guys, is it worth to save money on T430? Or it's better so save more and buy a T480? I currently write codes and work a lot on my Acer Aspire 5250, and have some thoughts about buying a T430, but not sure that he will be enough for next 5 years.

[@riboiman4005]

Arch has been by far the most stable distro for me so far, despite it being supposedly unstable. Once it works, it just works!

[@BotYoutubevertification]

I wish it was that easy I wouldn't trust it after a few months

[@maxc7198]

Wellcome to Linux brother

[@kidrorororo]

X220 is a very nice laptop, but to get that true linux experience, you need a x61 with the 4:3 display.

[@jdprasad2489]

Please suggest the best suitable ThinkPad model for my son to buy who is going to admit for the engineering college this year in July'2023. Also please suggest the best second sale/ refurbished online sites. We are from India.

[@jdprasad2489]

Normally my son may be using programming languages like Java, Python and Linux based OS like Parrot OS through Oracle Virtual Box.

[@Converge2Diverge]

I recently got a T480, and that seems pretty modern to me! I use ebay in Korea and a Korean app, so not sure about what site to use for India. Best of luck to your son with college!

[@nathanacreman632]

I picked Arch as my first distro too, it was painful.

[@dariusChS]

My boy, you just bought such a piece of art, its like having a swiss knife, just remember what old Ben said...

[@ritbolitstudios582]

this video was great wish you made more

[@somethinghumblestudios]

Thankfully that ThinkPad was in the box to protect all of that bubble wrap.

[@samueldavies646]

absolute legend

[@ardacanyildiz4583]

while 0:35, im watching video with a full focus, then i split my coffe to screen

[@theworldoffun8997]

Choosing arch as a first feels like a shot in one's leg. For newcomers it is much better to start with likes of Fedora - simple installer, simple Gnome interface, little to no out of the box customization and so less possibilities for user to screw up at

[@react_06]

Bro... honestly I prefer arch distro to any debian distro. I also had lots of challenges and found no answers but finally solved them.

[@CDM14y]

You moved from 5th gen intel(macbook) to 2nd gen? You could've installed linux on the macbook.

[@yuukiakihime454]

Thinkpad laptop and linux is the best combination and powerfull , never disappointed . Upgradable part of laptop + Customable OS and distro , is fucking so nice , that's why liove Thinkpad laptop than macbook computer .

[@human-V-oid]

This was literally me last year when my college started, only that I don't have a Thinkpad with me 😭

[@itsabeautifuIday]

thinking of doing this exact thing thank you

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

2:10 It's called a "nubbin".

[@redhawk3385]

I had the exact same problem installing debian cause of campus wifi. What I did was use my phone's hotspot, and it worked.

[@techvishnuyt]

the video was so fun and i am a begginer arch user too.. found many things relatable

[@Kwales66]

Great video. Though what can one do if the BIOS has a Super user password set?

[@Converge2Diverge]

I am not quite sure as I have zero experience in regards to that, but I heard there may be a way to bypass that using hardware components. I would suggest asking on a ThinkPad forum for a solution!

[@NicoChannel]

Try disconnecting the BIOS battery and reconnecting it right after

[@absentchronicler9063]

I'm going to get X220 soon and i'll install arch on it too, got any tips? i've already installed arch multiple times but it only was on my computer and on a vm.

[@danielplus658]

great video, big fan

[@backpackmusician]

0:33 “so many distros for beginners” shows gentoo 😂

[@auwa69]

My story is exactly as same as yours and i really got mad at stupid issues and literally had a panic attack because of my stupidity but in the end i was able to boot into grub and my god were those tears the best tears of my life

[@111KriegeR111]

I had the same (or similar at least) several years ago. The issue was DNS configured not correctly 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@monochrome_linux]

"i hope to see you very soo, not 9 months next time" this video : 9 months ago no new videos appear after this lol

[@HadessMusic]

I also started as linux begginer with Archlinux. I get you!!!! xD

[@hd-bild1513]

Arch is fun because its a trial by fire experience. I recently did something similar and restarted my install like...4 times lol. FInally got it working now tho, time to learn how to rice :)

[@leftoverture1976]

ThinkPads are great, I got a t440 with Arch+lxde.

[@GraniteFaun]

I think having an old hobo thinkpad is a good way to test things before using them elsewhere

[@poppasmurf2150]

X220 I drive one daily... It's the best computer ever!

[@iusearchbtw69]

Same bro, i also have x260 with Arch btw installed

[@anasouardini]

You don't have to use GUI on Debian; you don't have to use CLI on Arch.

[@sound4042]

I suggest for beginners to get started with ubuntu because it has great community then any other distros

[@omarhassanmohammedhassanal9952]

that was awesome, dude :)

[@nevrunderstandlada]

a hundred of subscriber x) now its 1.25thousand

[@gosth81]

Hey, good video Where did you bought your Thinkpad?

[@RinoaL]

Why the annoying black frames? If you want it to look like a slide presentation, then you need to use transitions.

[@xoxogamewolf7585]

7:23 did you fix that? i still have that on my install and i dont know how to fix it.

[@Zubbbz]

I have a t480 I've had for less than a week, it's so much better than my shitty latitude 3490 thats ports don't work and battery doesn't last more than an hour

[@huxleyleigh4856]

ThinkPad experience requiem!

[@attilavs2]

Starting with an actual DE would be much easier. I know i tried using I3, and other bare windows managers, but that lifestyle is not for me or for most people. I really enjoy Arch and i messed around with Gentoo, but 100% with NsCDE, lxde or KDE.

[@Converge2Diverge]

Yeah, I’m currently using KDE. Much easier and beginner-friendly.

[@manes_man]

yo next vid when???

[@FSPKwon]

ok so --basically whats going to fix segfaults is a kernel config and build that arch MAY do for however it doesnt specifically SAY it will see when you configure a source kernel your telling arch OK YES IT WILL: enable md5 crc rsa diffiehelmen sha1 sha 256 blake2 and i think thats it for network including.only basic xtables nftables and pacaur and yaourt is supposed to build it like gentoo from so: hmm??: thats funny: because it says itll allow your laptop to be similar to a gentoo one only thing is having to do 240 package installs one by one but anyway :and something that doesnt say like go install debian should be an immediate youll see this guy at a cvs goinf and something thay doesnf say :: see it is if i woukd walk there is mocking a college campus and chase bank: is archlinux :

[@simplybloxxed]

yknow you couldve just installed linux on your macboook right? The thinkpad was just an optional extra.

[@augyt9560]

The sans default dance killed me

[@kebman]

Arch is the best!

[@djukicdev]

Great video, how much did you pay for your thinkpad?

[@ahmadjunaidi21-l6l]

Im using arch btw

[@ilhampurnamasadik7647]

So, i tried a new distro called VanillaOS on my X220 (w/ i3 processor) via live USB, it's still snappy to use on an actual real hardware but it kinda slow if i use that os on top of VirtualBox (common VM things on low PC) xd

[@johnson42069]

long startup times? never heard of that. I use void btw

[@andresbravo2003]

I love Arch.

[@Shipwreckt]

aw this is wholesome ^^

[@blehbleh9283]

Solving issues like that are a high I swear

[@editzvilla1163]

which tutorial did you follow?