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I put linux on my x1 carbon (gen 5) and it works well enough. Some notes, in no particular order: * great keyboard * kind of shit trackpad * trackpoint is pr

I put linux on my x1 carbon (gen 5) and it works well enough. Some notes, in no particular order: * great keyboard * kind of shit trackpad * trackpoint is pretty nice at least * hidpi is a pain in the ass to set up ..* looks great once you get it working ..* some apps like Zoom refuse to scale up, so the buttons are tiny * light weight * really long battery

xur17 8y ago
Have you found a good way to adjust the trackpoint speed on your X1 Carbon? It's way too slow on my gen 4, and way too fast on my gen 6 (even after configuring it to max speed on the gen 4).
- eat_veggies 8y ago
  I'm not sure if what I did was the normal way to do it, but: `xinput list` gave me my trackpoint device's name. Mine is "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint" `xinput list-props "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint"` gives a list of properties you can change. "libinput Accel Speed (302):" looked promising, so I changed it via: `xinput set-prop "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint" 302 0.2` where 302 is the code given in parentheses above, and 0.2 is the speed.
smueller1234 8y ago
I can confirm all of these (didn't have any setup issues though since it's a pre-configured company laptop). Overall, a really nice laptop (except wtf is that terrible trackpad doing in there?). Didn't find any compatibility problems except the fingerprint scanner. But I didn't try very hard.
jseliger 8y ago
kind of shit trackpad Relevant, recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547817
spleeder 8y ago
Setting the QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 env var does the trick for Zoom on my end.
- eat_veggies 8y ago
  Thanks, I'll try this out next time I need to video call! edit: good stuff, it works!
RaleyField 8y ago
Google Superfish. Seriously.
- vertwo128 8y ago
  Just did it. It says the Thinkpad line was never affected. Seriously.
  - RaleyField 8y ago
    That is utterly irrelevant. You can't trust company that showed malicious intent or wanton disregard to not screw with other products.

xur17 8y ago

Have you found a good way to adjust the trackpoint speed on your X1 Carbon? It's way too slow on my gen 4, and way too fast on my gen 6 (even after configuring it to max speed on the gen 4).

eat_veggies 8y ago
I'm not sure if what I did was the normal way to do it, but: `xinput list` gave me my trackpoint device's name. Mine is "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint" `xinput list-props "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint"` gives a list of properties you can change. "libinput Accel Speed (302):" looked promising, so I changed it via: `xinput set-prop "TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint" 302 0.2` where 302 is the code given in parentheses above, and 0.2 is the speed.

smueller1234 8y ago

I can confirm all of these (didn't have any setup issues though since it's a pre-configured company laptop). Overall, a really nice laptop (except wtf is that terrible trackpad doing in there?). Didn't find any compatibility problems except the fingerprint scanner. But I didn't try very hard.

jseliger 8y ago

kind of shit trackpad Relevant, recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547817

spleeder 8y ago

Setting the QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 env var does the trick for Zoom on my end.

eat_veggies 8y ago
Thanks, I'll try this out next time I need to video call! edit: good stuff, it works!

RaleyField 8y ago

Google Superfish. Seriously.

vertwo128 8y ago
Just did it. It says the Thinkpad line was never affected. Seriously.
- RaleyField 8y ago
  That is utterly irrelevant. You can't trust company that showed malicious intent or wanton disregard to not screw with other products.