Ubuntu 18 and ThinkPad X201 - Surprise
Being frustrated by excruciatingly slow speed of Android Studio on Windows 7 on one of several of my beloved ThinkPad X201's, I switched to Ubuntu 18 as a trial. The laptop has 128GB SSD and 8GB RAM. I have had nothing but bad impression and experience of Ubuntu Unity so I was skeptical first. Ubuntu installation was smooth as it should except my SSD not being recognized by BIOS first right after removed the old HD and inserted a used SSD into it to the laptop's HD slot. I had to adjust the location of the SSD to fit into SATA port inside the laptop just right and it took some trial and error but the BIOS finally recognized it and the rest was very easy. After that, as I always do with Linux, I ran updates. I preferred Xubuntu before this, but this time, I really like just plain Ubuntu. Everything seems quick and the UI does not get into my nerve any more, and I rather like it. I installed Chromium browser, Android Studio, SDR# using Mono, gqrx, gnuradio, TeamViewer, Ora...