A week with ThinkPad T440p and Linux CachyOS
It’s been a week since I gave my Dell Inspiron 15 5100 (10th Gen i3) to my mom and bought this ThinkPad T440p (4th Gen i7) for myself, and I’m absolutely loving it. It’s also my first time using Linux; I chose CachyOS for no particular reason—it was just the first one that popped up in the search bar, so I installed the ISO. Of course, I then watched about 40 hours of tutorials just to grasp the basics, and it’s been smooth sailing ever since.
The keyboard is very comfortable, as is the touchpad; the screen is adequate for my needs, it fits in my backpack, and it’s built like a tank (I’ve dropped it twice already and it’s still alive, haha).
As for Linux, I love the customization freedom—I even changed the app launcher icon; I’ve really made it my own. I recently discovered the concept of "ricing" and plan to learn a lot more and dive deeper into it. The system is lightweight and ran my favorite games—Minecraft and Stardew Valley—natively without any issues.
I’m still getting used to open-source apps, but I’m enjoying them—especially Obsidian, which I’ve switched to instead of Notion. The only problem is my video editing software, CapCut; there’s no Linux version, and it’s going to take me a long time to adapt to Kdenlive.
In the future, I plan to get a laptop with a dedicated graphics card to run DaVinci Resolve, but until then, I’ll keep upgrading this machine and pushing it to the limit 😋
Specs:
ThinkPad T440p
CachyOS
i7-4600M
8GB RAM
256GB SATA SSD