2026-11-02 09:01 UTC
@justine The T14g1 is pretty nice for NetBSD
~everything works except onboard Wi-Fi, including an external 4k monitor via HDMI or USB (or two 2k external monitors). I think its the last 14" ThinkPad currently with external X display support
It lacks the swappable second battery of the T480 (boo), and IIRC the BIOS no longer has the cute feature that lets you dual boot Windows/NetBSD without needing to setup UEFI variables (but you can just use "efi")
X seems less stable than on the T480 tho'
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@abs0@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-11-02 09:09
@justine If looking for an OOB NetBSD ThinkPad experience with external monitor support, look for a machine with Intel UHD 620 without any AMD/NVIDIA - eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad_T_series - "U" CPUs for battery life, "H" CPUs (generally only in 15" models) for speed If you (or anyone) want to *work* on NetBSD external monitor support for Iris Xe, Radeon 7 or anything else in a more recent ThinkPad then I'd love to PayPal you a significant amount of ${beverageOfChoice} :-p