Thinkpad T41

How to enable scrolling and tapping on a Thinkpad T41's touchpad on Archlinux with synaptics driver and hotplugging

While installing Archlinux on my IBM Thinkpad T41, the touchpad wasn't enabled after configuring X with Xorg -configure. This post is about how to get the touchpad working with scrolling and tapping.

OSX Theme on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn (Gnome + Compiz + AWN)

I themed my Ubuntu after OSX in a rather dark style. My favorite theme so far. It's like having the best of two worlds. The best OS and the best design - OK, you may start your flame war now!
This was done on a IBM T41 running Feisty, so it wasn't easy to get the Avant-window-navigator (dockbar) running. If someone cares about them, I can post the details.
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Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on IBM T41

Some time ago I bought a used IBM T41 laptop. It came with an official windows XP license (my first one!!! :). But since I tried that OS and didn't like it, I installed Ubuntu 7.04 at that time, for a dual boot setup. I kept XP on there for several reasons: I might sell it, to try out windows software and for gaming. But the partition is so small, and I never use it, so let's get on with how my IBM T41 reacted on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.

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