X60 libreboot 32bits
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Which OS install nowadays?
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Hey, I had a T60 that i Upgrade to a 64Bit CPU to combat the same issue as you. Maybe if its possible for you, then look in to upgrading the CPU.
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/thinkpad-t60-cpu-upgrade
Here is the forum post i did, back in the day.
i know the perfect OS, if it's a 64-bit model. switch the u-boot payload to 64-bit, as per: https://libreboot.org/docs/uboot/uboot-x86.html#thinkpad-x60t60
and install Haiku OS! it was tested recently, on a dell optiplex 3050 micro running libreboot. U-Boot provides UEFI. so you use haiku's UEFI boot method.
https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/uefi_booting/
haiku is a small unix-like OS, designed to run really well on even the slowest PCs. a lot of distros are bloaty nowadays.
either that, or pick a BSD.
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or just use trisquel, that's good too
also yes, UEFI is a thing now, on libreboot and canoeboot. even on these ancient thinkpads. the original firmware doesn't do UEFI at all on a T60. i've used it numerous times for booting BSD systems more easily. more reliable than SeaBIOS.
I think BSD is more setup to handle UEFI nowadays, so that makes sense.
I prefer grub over seabios too anyways due to usbs with operating systems cloned onto them working better with grub.
I don't specifically know how you managed though to get uboot working on libreboot though, but good job on that.
U-boot provides its own init most of the time, but it also has a mode where it skips that and relies on what coreboot did. So it can be build as a coreboot payload. This is specifically supported in the U-Boot build system.
I made a few of my own fixes on top, to make it more user friendly, such as adding an auto-timeout feature on the bootflow menu. With that, you don't have to press enter to boot your OS.
Trisquel Mini 9 works quite well on my ThinkPad T60, which has a T1300 processor, making it a good option as a personal computer. However, it is important to note that this is the last version of Trisquel compatible with x86 architectures, and its support ended in April 2023. Fortunately, Parabola continues to provide support for x86. You also have the option to install Gentoo-libre GNU/Linux-libre. My recommendation is to either stick with this or consider upgrading to an x86_64 processor. I do not recommend *BSD, as they tend to be proprietary.
By the way, it is relevant to note that Libreboot is no longer libre. Consider installing GNU Boot.
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> Parabola continues to provide support for x86
I suppose you mean i686.
Parabola supports this but be aware that the support for 32bits in Parabola is not as good as 64bits. Typically, terminal programs are much more likely to work than graphical ones. This is not Parabola's fault, Parabola support for i686 is based on archlinux32, which is also struggling to maintain the same programs like for 64bits.
or canoeboot would also work.