No. (I'm posting this because it's something I searched for and didn't find an answer to.) The SK-8845 and its sibling the SK-8840 are IBM-branded keyboards with built-in trackpoint and trackpad. They appear to be essentially the keyboards from Thinkpad T40 (or T41, T42, T43) laptops, pulled out and put in a separate case for… Continue reading Can you swap the keyboards between a Thinkpad T40 and an IBM SK-8845?
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Replacing the GNOME Shell font in GNOME 3.16
[Edit: see the comment by Hugo Roy after the article, describing a much simpler, more "official" way to achieve this] When using Linux on a touchscreen laptop, I generally use the GNOME 3 desktop — logical design, big touch targets, good support for high-resolution displays, nice to look at. While I mostly approve of the… Continue reading Replacing the GNOME Shell font in GNOME 3.16
T40p, T60p, T540p, go!
I recently replaced my desktop machine at work with a Thinkpad T540p. This laptop has had some bad reviews online: terrible trackpad, keyboard a great disappointment, Windows drivers problems, not the proper colour for a Thinkpad (it's dark grey instead of black), installing Linux will brick it. I read a few of these and did… Continue reading T40p, T60p, T540p, go!
Proprietary Unix
From 1992 to 1998, every paid job I did came with a Unix workstation on my desk. Admittedly that only covers three employers, but it covers a lot of different kinds of workstation. In those days, selling Unix software (unless you could dictate the hardware as well) involved a lot of porting, and companies would… Continue reading Proprietary Unix
How the Lenovo Yoga 11s compares
Previously... I was after a new small laptop and wasn't sure what sort to get. I bought a Lenovo Yoga 11s (in grey). After a few days' use, here's how it compares against the criteria I had in mind when I bought it. No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad. The Yoga is just… Continue reading How the Lenovo Yoga 11s compares
Suggest a Laptop
I'd like to replace my "small laptop", the one I use when doing a bit of development work on a train or in a coffee shop, and I'm having trouble finding something suitable. Can anyone suggest something I might have missed? Things I care about are No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad.… Continue reading Suggest a Laptop
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