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Re:Google Pixelbook Is Google’s New Chromebook by tacomonstrous on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @09:00AM (#15293226)
In my experience, 'just install Linux on it' is only enjoyable till the first piece of hardware that fails to work as you expected it to (usually Bluetooth or the touchpad). Crouton on Chrome OS quite literally 'just works' and is at least as easy to install as Linux on a PC.

Also, why would I want worse specs? I'd rather get the best hardware I can, and if it looks good, even better.

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Re:Google Pixelbook Is Google’s New Chromebook by cat199 on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @02:14PM (#15296675)
Definately mixed milage here I agree..

That said on the low end I bought an Acer CloudBook (Win-10 competitor to chromebook) about 2y back and literally everything works, including suspend, wifi, and all the rest.

When a linux install goes right, it's pretty great.

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