--- /dev/null
+Title: New IRC channel for LEGO designers using Debian
+Tags: english
+Date: 2013-01-02 15:40
+
+<p>During Christmas, I have worked a bit on the Debian support for
+<a href="http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx">LEGO Mindstorm
+NXT</a>. My son and I have played a bit with my NXT set, and I
+discovered I had to build all the tools myself because none were
+already in Debian Squeeze. If Debian support for LEGO is something
+you care about, please join me on the IRC channel
+<a href="irc://irc.debian.org/%23debian-lego">#debian-lego</a> (server
+irc.debian.org). There is a lot that could be done to improve the
+situation. :)</p>
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+Title: Thank you Thinkpad X41, for your long and trustworthy service
+Tags: english, lenker
+Date: 2013-01-01 09:20
+
+<p>This Christmas my laptop died. It died quietly and suddenly in
+bed. With a quiet whimper, it went completely black and quiet, and
+the power button is no longer able to turn it on. It was a IBM
+Thinkpad X41, and the best laptop I ever had. Better than both X30,
+X31, X40, X60, X61 and X61S. Now I need to find a replacement. To
+keep going, I moved the (one year old) SSD disk to my old X40, but it
+is not a durablesolution.
+
+<p>My laptop needs are fairly modest. This is my wishlist from when I
+got a new one more than 10 years ago. It still holds true.:)</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+<li>Lightweight (around 1 kg) and small volume (preferably smaller
+ than A4).</li>
+<li>Three button mouse and a mouse pin instead of touch pad.</li>
+<li>Long battery life time. Preferable a week.</li>
+<li>Internal WIFI network card.</li>
+<li>Internal Twisted Pair network card.</li>
+<li>Some USB slots (2-3 is plenty)</li>
+<li>Good keyboard - similar to the Thinkpad.</li>
+<li>Video resolution at least 1024x768, with size around 12"</li>.
+<li>Hardware supported by Debian Stable, ie the default kernel and
+ X.org packages.</li>
+<li>Quiet, preferably fan free (or at least not using the fan most of
+ the time).
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>You will notice that there are no RAM and CPU requirements in the
+list. The reason is simply that the specifications on laptops the
+last 10-15 years have been sufficient for my needs, and I have to look
+at other features to choose my laptop.</p>
+
+Options?
+
+X220
+X1 Carbon
+
+
+
+=============================================================================
+ønskeliste/liste over viktige vurderingskriterier:
+
+ - Batterilevetid min. tre timer
+ - Skjermstørrelse
+ - Oppløsning min. 1024x768
+ - minne bør våre 256MB
+ - musknapper helst tre, minst to
+ - styrepinne eventuelt i kombinasjon med touchpad
+ - vekt under to kilo
+ - antall pcmcia-slotter helst minst to
+ - grafikk-kort støttet i x
+
+ + støy?
+
+http://www.linux-laptop.net/