Thanks again :)
Excellent. If you have any questions about Libreboot, you can ask on
#libreboot IRC in freenode
Thanks for your hard work, Leah. Just flashed libreboot on my x60 and
everything works flawlessly. Looking forward to your x220 port.
Update on the wifi: I was sent a replacement wifi card, which I installed
tonight. Problem solved! The speeds are where they should be now.
Update on battery: I was also sent a replacement battery that looks like it
will last more than 4 hours in my initial test, as I write this. :) It's
English Trisquel GNU/Linux users forum -- Libreboot T400 Review!
https://trisquel.info/de/forum/libreboot-t400-review-0
Thank you for your review.
I've also lowered the price of the 2nd extra batteries to 25 EUR (previously
it was 98 EUR). So now you can get a few hours of extra freedom too :)
I've re-added the 8GiB RAM option on Minifree's T400 product. They too were
hard to find, but a lot of people were asking about them - I therefore went
to every supplier I could find and bought 8GiB RAM upgrade kits.
So now you can get 8GiB of freedom :)
Thanks for the shipment!
Just wanted to give an update and a bit of thanks to Leah for always
responding energetically to any hiccups I've had. We've remained in touch and
she's sending me a replacement battery and wifi card so that my setup is the
best it can be. It's been great having a personal touch like this.
hi ariella,
I replied to the individual, telling them I'd send them another T400. They
indeed should have working speakers.
I know why their speakers don't work... I'm dealing with it for them.
~Leah
I can't confirm that that is true because the sound works fine on my Minifree
T400 received recently, even after all current updates.
Hi Newgnu,
Actually, sound out of the speakers should work perfectly. I've had a word
with my employee who set up your laptop and told him: test the speakers
before shipping laptops. He was testing everything else, but overlooked the
speakers. This won't happen again.
If you want working
Yup, that's it.
My DAC isn't much bigger than the USB wireless dongles I won't need any more
once I find a bit of quality time to spend with Mr. Screwdriver. :)
It was under $5. You probably have better sources for such things than I do,
but they aren't hard to find and Neil Young would be
Pardon me, but I believe that is normal, a tradeoff for freedom, and nothing
to be concerned about. There is non-free firmware that has been disabled.
I have a small usb dongle for my librebooted X60 tablets that I use when I
want to play music. It is called a digital-to-analog converter and
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but my newly received
libreboot T400 only has sound working for headphones but not for the built-in
speakers.
The only thing I've done since I received it is change the locale to french
and update everything through the software
UPS collected earlier today, so your laptop has now shipped. Check the
tracking number that I gave you.
It should arrive some time next week.
My laptop is shipping today :)
I had a Surface RT and rather liked it. It was nice to use with Windows 8.
After about 3 years I gave it to my nephew who uses it for homework, drawing
etc.
Crazy glued everything back together. Crack sealed, accident resolved lol.
Microsoft even used something similar for a while on their awful Surface RT
tablets. That has been dropped as well.
I had to install xinput first, but it works like in Mint. Touchpad adjusted.
:)
After I installed all software updates (first time since receiving the
laptop), the right-edge scroll touch zone is working too. Awesome!
Yes, on average we ship batteries that are about 50Wh, often more. 3+ hours
is what you should expect from the new battery. I'll email you as soon as
I've shipped it.
I'm testing some batteries for you now. I'll make sure to ship you a good
one. Due to high order volume we go by best estimation and probability of
reliability; we don't usually ship bad batteries.
Your replacement battery will be sent out via UPS, like the original laptop.
Though, you
I use a T400 myself and don't really notice any issues (and I'm a heavy user
of the keyboard).
Trisquel 7, by default, disables the "tap" feature that would let you tap the
touchpad to perform a click. So it's less likely that you would have that
issue with accidentally moving the cursor.
A shame that Apple's MagSafe Connector didn't catch on as an industry
standard. Even Apple has abandoned it.
How's the trackpad?
Every GNU/Linux distro (fully free or otherwise) that I've tried makes the
trackpad frustratingly sensitive. Whereas with Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS
you could use the computer normally, on GNU/Linux it's common for accidental
or incidental contact with the trackpad,
Yes, that's definitely not right. I'll ship another wifi chip along with your
battery, with instructions for how to install it.
(if you break anything when installing it, I'll fix it for free. It's easier
this way than sending it back through customs)
Also, I click my way to standbye, via Launcher--Power Off--Suspend, it won't
wake back up no matter what I try. Keys, mouse, open close lid, pressing
power button, nothing. I have to hold the power button down for several
seconds to force shut down and reboot.
I'm also noticing that closing the lid of the T400 doesn't put it into
standby, but powers it off completely. In System Settings I have it set to
"suspend" but it's powering off. (This was before I damaged it LOL.) Any
ideas?
I am such a clumsy idiot. My foot caught the power cord this morning and
pulled the laptop off my coffee table. It hit the floor on the edge of the
screen and now the frame around the display has a crack in the top right.
Sigh. Need to buy some plastics glue to repair it.
That's the spec of the chips yeah. I seem to only be getting 2 Mbps according
to http://speedof.me/ . The USB dongle is giving 30 Mbps.
You should be getting speeds of about 20-30 Mbps or more, depending on your
network, ISP etc
400Kbps definitely doesn't sound right
I've played with my router all that I know how to: changing to either B, G or
N only modes, mixed modes, channel width frequency set to 20mhz instead of
auto, tried different channels and the results are all the same with the
internal wifi. Throughout those I gave the TP USB dongle speed
That's great, thanks!
At the time of writing (20 June 2017, 2.40AM): we have 5 laptops packed, 7
laptops configured (but not packed), and another 10 flashed. I'm working over
the next few hours and my employee gets here at 6AM - if you haven't received
shipment notification yet, you will soon.
We are indeed
Thanks :)
I'll get your order shipped as quickly as possible.
I was working on improvements to Libreboot's hosting infrastructure during
the weekend, but my employee is working overtime at the moment so I should be
able to ship out your battery soon.
I looked up my records, and I think I know who you are; I've added a note to
my outgoing shipments
Thank you so much for doing this. Just ordered mine yesterday! Great to see
these freedom loving machines getting some exposure.
Aw, that's very thoughtful. Let's not act on the wifi just yet. I want to try
a few more things. As for the battery, there is a more urgent need for that
and I appreciate the help. :)
Hi ariella,
Email me your order number and I'll ship you another battery. Regarding the
wifi, I'm unsure; use your USB dongle for the time being, but if you'd like I
can also send you a new wifi chip to install - with full installation
instructions (installing it will not void your
Minifree T400 Review! If pressed for time, scroll down to SUMMARY for bullet
points.
I've received the basic config model of Minifree's T400 laptop today and
wanted to share some experience on the ordering, receipt, out of box, initial
setup, and performance testing.
First some info on
Did you receive the package yet?
great :)
Feel free to post here your review once it arrives.
Ordered on June 1. and bank transfer completed on June 8. :-)
We sometimes have AZERTY keyboard in stock too.
:)
transferwise charges like 5 USD i think, and their exchange rates are pretty
accurate so you don't lose much there either. transferwise is mentioned on
the automated invoices that minifree.org sends out when you place an order.
it's a way to do international wire transfers cheaply
We usually ship UK keyboards by default, but where possible we do update the
keyboard layout. We usually have QWERTZ keyboards, which we regularly install
on laptops ordered by German customers. We also regularly have scandinavian
keyboards, for swedish/norwegian customers
The T400 is a great product. I baught one from a German vendor with no
operating system and installed Libreboot and Trisquel on it. Is the T400
avialable with different keyboard layouts, Vikings has German (QWERTZ) and
three different QWERTY layouts.
Thanks :)
I'm currently working on porting the ThinkPad X220 to Libreboot, and I'm
using the T400 on Minifree to fund the work. Every purchase helps!
Hopefully these new low prices will also make the laptops affordable for
people living in poor countries (e.g. south america, parts of
Good to know! Thanks. I'm ok. I just don't enjoy banks and their fees as a
rule. :) Very much looking forward to the shipping notification! Excited!
Just want to express once again a great satisfaction and gratitude at the
work of Leah (and others who work with her) on providing free
hardware/software for people on a tight budget. Great work, please keep
things going like this.
I've also lowered the price of the stickers a bit:
https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-stickers/
and we sell extra batteries:
https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t400-battery/
and trisquel USB drives :)
https://minifree.org/product/usb-gnulinux-install-media/
I'm sorry that that happened with your bank. Most banks are fine though. You
could use a service like TransferWise (in fact, Minifree's newer invoices
recommend this, instead of your bank).
Very glad to hear that.
and openarena runs well on it, too
The graphics chipset actually performs pretty well. We also optimized it in
Libreboot; LenovoBIOS allocates 32MiB of Video RAM only.
The chipset itself supports 256MiB VRAM allocation, but factory BIOS doesn't
do it.
Libreboot does :)
In the recent Libreboot releases, based on Intel
Must get one indeed! Send me bitcoins!! (just joking). Hopefully one will
soon be in my possession ^^
Great news. Only what stops me from but it. Really ancient graphic adapter,
so as I see there isn't option for better one?
Leah, this is incredible news. My newly librebooted X60 will do me for now
but I will spread the word.
Supertramp, go get one or we're going to have to take up a collection and
embarrass the living excrement out of you!
They're niiice.
Fast and modern enough, but still a lot
Awesome news!
\o/
Hi everyone,
Recently, I made this post about a heavy price cut on Minifree's Libreboot
T400 product:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/libreboot-t400-returns-minifree-trisquel-preinstalled-permanently-reduced-price
Good news!
I've decided to cut it even further.
Base price for T400 with 4GiB
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