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-title: Liberating a Thinkpad X220
-date: 2013-09-22 21:00
-tags: thinkpad, free software, wsu
-summary: I bought a used Thinkpad X220
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-
-I had been looking for a suitable replacement to my old, slow Compaq
-laptop that I purchased during my freshman year of college when I had
-very little money. What I liked about my old laptop was that it played
-well with free software. I had no trouble getting all of my hardware
-to work out-of-the-box with fully free GNU/Linux distributions such as
-Trisquel, and I wanted any future laptops of mine to play nicely, too.
-
-I have heard much praise for Thinkpads over the years. Solid build
-quality, utilitarian design, and cheap to buy used. However, upon
-further reading, I realized that most newer Thinkpads require nonfree
-software in order to the drive the Intel wireless chip. Furthermore,
-there was DRM present in the BIOS that would prevent the installation
-of PCIe wireless chips that weren't in the whitelist.
-
-This really bummed me out, but I bought a Thinkpad anyway. I found a
-great deal on a used X220 on ebay for $400. In order to liberate it, I
-had to make a small deal with the devil: Use the pre-installed Windows
-7 to flash a hacked BIOS that removes the whitelist. I could only find
-the needed BIOS as a Windows executable, so I didn't have much
-choice. This process left me hoping that coreboot gains wider
-adoption.
-
-Once I had verified that I didn't brick my Thinkpad, I installed the
-new wireless card. I purchased a Wireless N, half-height, mini PCIe
-card from
-[Thinkpenguin](https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-half-height-mini-pcie-card). It
-uses an Atheros chipset and is free software compatible. I met Chris,
-the owner of Thinkpenguin, at this year's Northeast GNU/Linux Fest at
-Harvard. He is doing some great work and I wanted to support his
-business. It was nice to buy from someone who could assure me that the
-hardware I purchased is fully supported on a libre GNU/Linux
-distribution.
-
-Now that my Thinkpad was free (sans BIOS, of course), it was time for
-the final touch. I replaced the hard drive with a 128GB SSD and
-installed Debian testing. It takes roughly 9 seconds to get from GRUB
-to the GDM login screen. It feels very nice to have a device that
-boots so quickly.
-
-Now that everything had been installed and configured, I was able to
-start hacking and get a feel for things. The keyboard is the nicest
-I've ever used on a laptop. The [TrackPoint](http://xkcd.com/243/) is
-quite a nice way to move around once you get used to it. The
-ThinkLight is pretty neat when you're in a dark area. The battery life
-is extremely impressive. I don't know exactly how long it lasts yet
-but I never have to charge it while I am using it. I was lucky if I
-got 2 hours of battery life out of my old laptop, which caused me to
-be constantly tethered to an AC adapter. The screen is matte, which is
-awesome because it's very difficult to use a laptop outdoors when the
-screen is glossy. 1366x768 is not an ideal resolution (16:9 be
-damned), but I can live with it on a 12.5" screen. Last but not least,
-I honestly like the aesthetics. A lot of people are enamored with the
-brushed aluminum designs by that fruit company, but I love the flat
-black, functional design of the Thinkpad.
-
-I hope to really break this thing in over the weekend at the
-[GNU 30th Anniversary](https://www.gnu.org/gnu30/) hackathon.