Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Lenovo Thinkpad x230
Technical data
List of technical details regarding my x230. There are different models out there, which differ in CPU, memory, display-specs and extra components (card-readers, fingerprint-readers, disk drivers, UMTS-radios, etc.).
| Lenovo Thinkpad x230 | ||
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3320M (2.60 GHz, 3MB Cache) | |
| Chipset | Intel QM77 Express | |
| BIOS | -- | |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 | |
| Graphics | Intel HD 4000 | |
| Display | 1366x768, LED backlight | |
| Harddisk | 256 GB SSD | |
| Connections |
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Installation: Things which...
...work out of the box
Downright boring. Installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop 64 bit from an USB-stick. Everything obvious (graphics, touchpad, display, WiFi) works right out of the box.
...work with tweaking
Despite ordering a new 48 Wh replacement battery from Sanyo, the laptop drains a full battery quite fast if running Ubuntu 16.04 (as most Linux distros do without power optimization).
Checking the battery with
upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
reveals, that the battery is OK as advertised.
See http://thinkwiki.de/TLP_-_Linux_Stromsparen (in german, but it is only about TLP) for some hints specifically geared towards Thinkpads:
tl;dr:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms service tlp start
See how this improves runtime.
...don't work
More to come.
Recommendation
Buy. New Ultrabooks are probably thinner and may have full-HD-screens but cost 3x the money of this system. The only advantage may be a longer runtime due to the low-power CPUs (which are not really faster than the > 3 year old CPU of this machine.
