ThinkPad - James Ridgway

Upgrading a ThinkPad T450s with an M.2 SSD

How to install a M.2 2242 SSD in a ThinkPad T450s. In my home office setup blog post I covered in some detail what I currently use, including my

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How to fix a ThinkPad's TrackPoint in Linux Mint

With Mint 17.1 I have found that the TrackPoint doesn't work completely out of the box - the mouse buttons for the TrackPoint act as scrollers rather than left and right click buttons. From what I have been reading it would appear that

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Fixing Linux Mint screen brightness controls

I've recently installed Linux Mint on my Thinkpad T450s. After installing Mint I noticed that the screen was constantly on full brightness and I couldn't change the brightness using the function keys. With this solution you can adjust the brightness, and ensured that the

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Disable Bluetooth on startup in Linux Mint

With my ThinkPad T450s running Mint 17.1, I have found that Bluetooth is always turned on by default when booted, regardless of whatever changes I make to the Bluetooth adapted in the System Settings panel. Bluetooth can be disabled by default on startup