Buying a T440s and installing linux

Thanks to everybody who contributes to this forum.
I have found it invaluable in making considered choices.
In the time I have spent waiting for my T440s to arrive I started writing a blog detailing everything I have learned and experienced.
I plan to take it all the way to installing linux and getting things to work nicely.
Hope it might be useful for those who are following a similar path.
http://www.thinkpadmint.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thinkpadmint.blogspot.co.uk/

You can also buy a generic machine and change it to a OS X looking UI of Linux called MacBuntu, there is a lot of good free software, but not a lot of commercial software like Windows or OS X enjoys.
I use Macbuntu for my Atom netbooks, it does the job with a familiar UI for basic uses as Apple doesn't supply a netbook, only pricy iPads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxODltR8IZY
If you want to do this I can provide instructions.

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Hello,
I just joined today. I have a question about how I should go about updating certain things in my R51.
I greatly favor Linux over Windows-- I use the Linux distro MEPIS 8.5 in one desktop tower, and the Linux distro sidux in another desktop tower. I just bought an R51 (type 2895-AU3) Thinkpad a few days ago- this is my first laptop. While I wasn't given any OS disc(s), it came loaded with WinXP. Shortly after getting home with the R51, I looked up what updates are available for it from Lenovo. For WinXP, there are a number of them but when I changed the OS option to Linux, only 3 turned up, as I recall, for the HDD and for the CD-RW/DVD. I'm wondering if, while I still have WinXP installed, I should update the BIOS and various other things for WinXP and then wipe the WindowsXP and install MEPIS.
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