Recommendations for a newbie who has just acquired a second hand? ThinkPad

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:32:04 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> A friend has dipped her toes into Linux, via a second hand lenovo ThinkPad
> x230, upon which I installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64 on.
> 
> She asked me for guidance and all I could think of was "keep the laptop
> dry". What other newbie recommendations should I make?
> 
> I'll be recommending keeping a log book of any significant changes I make
> to her system.
> 
> Also: she has a car (I don't) - how safe is it to keep her laptop in the
> boot of her car in the Summer?

Should not generally be a problem.  Other than be carefull not to damage the 
machine by dumping other stuff on it.  Sometimes people "toss" stuff in their 
trunks (boot) -- suitcases, etc.  A heavy modern hardshell piece of luggage 
when dropped on a laptop is probably not good for the laptop -- eg can crack 
the screen and/or case and/or motherboard...

Extreme heat might also be an issue, although that might not be too much of a 
problem in the trunk.

> 
> TIA,
> 
> 
> Ian
> 

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