I was a seasoned Windows follower until i tried Linux Mint, that already blown away my brain. I didn´t thought it could be better until i discovered Linux Mint MATE and decided to make it my primary OS. I have suddenly so much freedom and flexibility. I bought a old fashioned T530 Thinkpad, and with no issues switched to two large SSD´s, a mSATA for the OS and one for Data and could thinker the BIOS and System to my liking. It is amazing. Gaming required some more work to get it running but after switching off the build in NVIDIA Chip and run on custom settings, Anno 1404 runs like a dream. I’m here to learn more about everyday use, useful commands and Programs and just to share my experience.
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Hi, @T530 and welcome to the Ubuntu MATE Community!
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I didnt think a Thinkpad t530 had an NVIDIA chip - but that doesnt matter as long as you have got something thay works for you.
Anyway welcome to Linux - hope you enjoy your time here!
If you have any support questions about MATE desktop - be sure to mention your distribution, just in case it is relevant to people who want to offer help (but most of us are on Ubuntu MATE).
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Here for a good overlook:
I disabled the NVIDIA NVS 5400M Chip in the BIOS so it doesn´t show up here. It´s in there, but it´s cold.
System:
Kernel: 6.14.0-37-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.2 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena
base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO v: ThinkPad T530
Mobo: LENOVO
UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO v: G4ETB7WW (2.77 )
date: 09/09/2019
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 44.4 Wh (77.5%) condition: 57.3/93.6 Wh (61.2%)
volts: 11.9 min: 11.1 status: charging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-3630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1216 high: 1344 min/max: 1200/3400 cores: 1: 1197
2: 1200 3: 1197 4: 1200 5: 1197 6: 1344 7: 1200 8: 1200 bogomips: 38311
Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Lenovo driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-7 bus-ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,swrast platforms:
active: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.2 vendor: intel mesa
v: 25.0.7-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 drivers: N/A surfaces: xcb,xlib devices: 2
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 7
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
API: ALSA v: k6.14.0-37-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac:
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0
Bluetooth:
Device-1: TP-Link UB500 Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
bus-ID: 3-1.5:3
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.04 TiB used: 292.19 GiB (27.4%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intenso model: SSD size: 953.87 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SMS200S3120G size: 111.79 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 91.11 GiB used: 40 GiB (43.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 18.66 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
dev: /dev/sdb2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.46 GiB used: 2.15 GiB (28.9%)
Processes: 259 Uptime: 9m Init: systemd target: graphical (5)
Startup finished in 3.435s (kernel) + 9.232s (userspace) = 12.667s
graphical.target reached after 9.060s in userspace.
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Yep you'd need the 390 series of driver to run that NVIDIA card. I've been able to run that with an older version of Debian + MATE on an older laptop of mine. Mint is probably not going to play nicely however with that driver.
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Yes, there was a issue, Boot time was almost 16 Seconds with NVIDIA but after disabling it in the BIOS i got that down.
Startup finished in 3.429s (kernel) + 4.303s (userspace) = 7.733s
graphical.target reached after 4.018s in userspace.
I play games with the Intel Internal Graphics, works on low Settings pretty well.
The only Issue i had was with the Internal Bluetooth. It was 4.0, with not much Space between the Laptop and the Bluetooth device for stable connection.
Bluetooth: hci0: BCM20702A [ 7.476320] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM20702A1 (001.002.014) build 0000 [ 7.482171] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: firmware Patch file not found, tried: [ 7.482174] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd' [ 7.482175] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: 'brcm/BCM-0a5c-21e6.hcd' [ 7.536474] Bluetooth: MGMT ver 1.23
It was like this, but i disabled Internal Bluetooth and put on a external USB device, which solved the problem completely.
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There is broadcom bt firmware, GitHub - winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware: Repository for various Broadcom Bluetooth firmware
The deb file is in: Release v12.0.1.1105_p4 · winterheart/broadcom-bt-firmware · GitHub
Install it, reboot, test your bt.
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I already got myself a neat little Nano USB Bluetooth Adapter with a way better Bluetooth Version, 5.1 if i know right. Going back to the Broadcom would be a downgrade. But thank you for the aid. 
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