That Old ThinkPad Needs An Open Source 2.5″ IDE SSD
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So you fancy yourself a FOSS devotee, do you? Running GNU/Linux on your old ThinkPad, avoiding devices that need binary blobs? Got LibreBoot installed too? Not bad, not bad. But what about the hard dr
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Can any wizards identify this beast? I've been keen to cop a vintage thinkpad to become an arch linux user for a bit. : r/thinkpad
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