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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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