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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:12

Okay. Please help me as I ask COMPUTER BABBY QUESTIONS.

I have a Thinkpad T14 Gen 3 (AMD).

It has a 256 GB HD. That's too small. I want to buy a new, bigger one. I have a sense the good hard drives these days are "M.2".

Lenovo's specs page

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-gen-3-(14-inch-amd)/len101t0013

doesn't say anything about "M.2". It says the hd is "PCIe".

I run "lshw" to see what's on the computer. It says "NVMe".

How do I find out the bestest fastest aftermarket drive Canada Computers carries that my computer will support

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:14

I only understand computation as the MANIPULATION OF ABSTRACT PLATONIC FORMS. I do not understand this realm where computers are "physical objects" you manipulate with "screwdrivers". I would prefer to use Math to translate my thoughts directly into action, as if I am casting magic spells

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:26

Okay thank you all for explaining. I have one more question: Is there actually, like, a difference between drive vendors. Like if I pick WD vs Samsung vs Lexar (vs… "crucial"?!) will it ever make any difference

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 23:49

Okay. So I think I have my plans for the hard drive complete. Now here's the shedpainty question:

The old drive has Ubuntu 24.04 on it. I hate it.

Should I trade down to Debian?

Or should I trade up to Pop!_OS?

Will I regret either of these? Will either one, if I just go get a standard usb key installation, cause driver problems with my AMD chipset or secure boot or whatever other junk Lenovo has on board?

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-27 at 01:53

Okay I have more computer build babby questions

I got a hard drive

But I've been warned it's one that runs hot

So I think I want a thermal "strip", which is apparently a heatsink that fits into smol spaces like a laptop

I google

https://www.amazon.ca/Deal4GO-Heatsink-5B40Z68852-Replacement-Thinkpad/dp/B0CDSBKD1X

This looks good! Oh, they're out of stock. Except wait, why doesit say "replacement"?

I watch installation instructions

https://youtu.be/8sm1ScVUHqY?t=108

Is there a hd heatsink strip in my friggin laptop already?? (1/2)

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-27 at 01:55

I only want to open up the laptop once. Trying to decide if I should

(a) just open it and assume there's already a heatstrip

(b) I poke around and there's lots of weird blue polymer strips that seem to do the same thing? It wouldn't be that expensive to just buy one and have it around if it turns out there's not one in there already…

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=m.2+thermal+pad&crid=2UQ8R3U74NIPB&sprefix=m+2+thermal+pad%2Caps%2C92&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

(c) set the computer preemptively on fire, so that the hard drive can't be the one to overheat it

(2/2)

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-30 at 04:01

Update: Fuck this town i'm out

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-30 at 04:22

Alright one last shedpainting question. Should I install Debian Stable or Debian Testing. Text replies welcome

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Toot

Written by lambdageek on 2024-12-30 at 04:45

@mcc Been running testing for a decade. I'm too impatient for stable.

Actually I also add unstable and sometimes experimental sources (particularly when there are major ongoing transitions and i'm impatient for everthing to flow from unstable->testing)

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-30 at 04:50

@lambdageek Hm. Is it correct that it's easy enough to install stable first and upgrade to testing if I change my mind later?

Also, just checking, is Debian gonna expect me to choose a kernel version myself? The last time I installed it was, uh, checks the year 2000, off a floppy disk net installer

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Written by lambdageek on 2024-12-30 at 04:54

@mcc yea, just switch/add sources and apt full-upgrade

Not sure what you mean by "choose a kernel version myself". there's a 'linux-image-amd64' package that has a dependency on the latest kernel package. it will upgrade like everything else. Although you may need to manually remove linux-image-n.nn.nn-amd64 packages - I don't think old kernels will automatically uninstall themselves - if your /boot or /boot/EFI starts getting full you might need to remove some.

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