So it’s been KIND OF A RABBIT HOLE gang. Fell on a thinkpad meme one month ago on tiktok. I was like “damn that’s funny”. I did not know anything about computers, nor linux, nor privacy, fully using my gmail on every gafam apps imaginable. And here I am now, having gone full degooglelized writing on that t440p I bought for 40 euros that I brought back to life only using locally bought used hardware :D. Took this one cause it yas cheap and saw it was easy to disasemble and because it has a socketed CPU so the right to repair was more accessible in the future. pumped it with a 4810mq and 16 gigs of ram yith a 500gigs SSD. I’m planing to produce on it as a way to prove to myself I can do music on a popato with opensource DAW and plugins. downside is the battery that last 3 hours max, gonna try to cyrberpunk mod it with a 100w powerbank held in place with velcro on the lower topcase yith a USB-C to slim tip cable If I manage to find one. When I’ll feel more confortable with a soldering iron I’ll look into building a battery inside the CD bay.
Also need to find an azerty kezboard because this one feels great but the german disposition is driving me mad
yeah I see how to do it thre is a sliding platform, I just need to get a keybord but I try not to order it and rather save machines from becoming ewaste so local used market mostly. Gonna have to order the cable though. That’s the one but I’d like to find a shorter one if possible, so it’s more portable without a dangling cable yk but yeah tysm.
For the DAW I was told about ardour, gonna be tough to leave my syeat reaper behind. gonna need to find some light synth too, I loved vital so much
EDIT : I forgot one of my friend told me about librazik a french FOSS DAW currently under development but it seems testable
I can vouch for Ardour, I used it to make an album a while back and I still use it for small demos with my current band. It’s great!