Finding a laptop that is well supported by Linux, has nice features and is not too expensive can be quite a task. Lucky the Lenovo ThinkPad L460 fits my requirements.

I decided to build a new HTPC/NAS in order to watch Netflix (using pipelight) on Linux, and combine two older machines into one.

As I’ve just got a new Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB SSD for my work laptop (HP ProBook 6360b), I wanted to try switching from BIOS booting to UEFI.

I recently upgraded the hardware of my desktop and here is my experience with the new hardware. The upgrade consists of:

After the recent upgrade in ArchLinux of xorg-server from 1.4.x to 1.5.x my thrusty Logitech Marble FX trackball did not work entirely. The trackball does not have a dedicated scroll wheel, but by pressing a button, and using the trackball, you can scroll both vertical and horizontal.

I decided to bring my Powerbook Titanium back into service as a server/torrent fetcher. So I downloaded ArchLinux PPC and installed it.