All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward

Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by sireat on Thursday May 09, 2019 @02:58PM (#19871113)

How are Chromebooks designed to preserve data?

They are basically modern version of a dumb/dumbed down network terminal. Chromebook experience is tailored for doing everything in the browser.

For fsck's sake you have to print through the "cloud": https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-set-up-google-prin...

You have to trust that Google will preserve your data in its cloud.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by skybrian on Thursday May 09, 2019 @03:27PM (#19871413)

Yes, exactly. There are vulnerabilities to be aware of (primarily, losing control of your account, which would be catastrophic), but at least replacing the hardware is just a shopping trip.

This is much better than getting an elderly relative off Windows XP.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by afandian on Thursday May 09, 2019 @05:29PM (#19872627)

Arguably it's much harder to get an elderly relative off Google than XP.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by skybrian on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:11AM (#19874989)

I don't see a similar situation happening where I'd have to do that. I can buy a new Chromebook easily, so no need to worry about hardware obsolescence, and ChromeOS auto-updates.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by saagarjha on Thursday May 09, 2019 @03:44PM (#19871586)

Many Chromebooks have a reasonable amount of storage in them: it’s possible to use them without relying on the “cloud”.

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Re:All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward by ewoodrich on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:23PM (#19874794)

ChromeOS has supported CUPS for a while now.

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