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Currently, my only laptop is a
< a href = "http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X60s" > IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad
X60s< / a > , a top line < em > ultrabook< / em > from 2006 that features:
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< li > An Intel Core Duo L2400 dual core 32 bit CPU, clocked at 1.66 Ghz;< / li >
< li > 2GB of RAM;< / li >
< li > 60GB of SATA1 hard drive;< / li >
< li > Wifi, Bluetooth, trackpoint mouse only, 56k modem, and a decent set of
I/0 ports (including a CardBus slot!).< / li >
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src="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/vkm6phz5yb2k4oq/IMG_20160712_143708.jpg?dl=0"
alt="An image of the ThinkPad X60s">
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alt="Another image of the ThinkPad X60s">
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This machine had an installation on < em > Arch Linux< / em > , and I was using it
for school stuff. It runned smoothly < em > KDE5< / em > , < em > Atom< / em > (great
editor, I am using it to write this article), and it was usable even with
< em > PhpStorm< / em > . Pretty impressive for such an old thing, right?
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Since now I don't need this laptop every day I decided to give a try at Gentoo,
another rolling relase, DIY install distro. This was both a test of my
skills, my patience and the performances of the machine. For those of you
that don't know, Gentoo hasn't binary packages: imagine using Arch with just
a developer mantained AUR.
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I followed the < a href = "https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page" >
installation guide< / a > without any problem until I had to < em > emerge< / em >
and install 309 packets from my < code > @world< / code > set: it took 15 hours!
The compilation of < code > cmake< / code > crashed because of memory starvation,
and so I had to use a spare USB stick as swap (the root file system was not
resizable as it was JFS). After some research and a couple of seconds in
< code > top< / code > I discovered that
< a href = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension" > PAE< / a >
was not implemented in the install disk kernel. < strong > TIP:< / strong > if you
want to use a nicer install enviroment, use the < em > Arch< / em > ISO. With
< em > Gentoo< / em > , the initialisation of the file system is made with a
< a href = "https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Stage_tarball#Stage_3" > < em > stage 3
tarball< / em > < / a > and not by tools like
< a href = "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/beginners'_guide#Install_the_base_packages" >
< code > pacstrap< / code > < / a > .
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I had another problem with < code > make menuconfig< / code > , the tool used to
specify what features add or remove in your compiled from source Linux kernel.
The < code > ncurses< / code > menu showed me 64bit options, even if the install
disk and the CPU were both 32 bit. If you have this issue too, you can set
the < code > ARCH< / code > variable by your own:
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< figure class = "highlight" > < pre > < code class = "language-bash" data-lang = "bash" > < span class = "c" > # make ARCH=i386 menuconfig< / span >
< span class = "c" > # make ARCH=i386< / span >
< span class = "c" > # make ARCH=i386 install< / span > < / code > < / pre > < / figure >
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At the end, I made it! I only have a base install, but i can show you
< code > screenfetch< / code > :
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alt="The laptop running 'screenfetch'">
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I have not installed < em > Gentoo< / em > in dual boot because I did not figure
out how to switch my bluetooth dongle in HID mode yet, so I can't select the
OS with < code > rEFInd< / code > . Hope this rambling was, if not useful, at least
entertaining!
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