Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste

Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by als0 on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:23PM (#37384621)

They can be as cheap as $89 at Walmart.

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by RugnirViking on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:23PM (#37384627)

I was thinking more about second hand ones. i'd love to pick up a bulk of 10 or 20 them if it wont be an enormous pain to jailbreak them all

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by alchemist1e9 on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:52PM (#37384947)

I have such an ambition also. There was a link recently to models which can be flashed and run pure Linux kernels.

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by traverseda on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:59PM (#37385010)

You probably want one that supports uefi firmware, which I think is libreboot.

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Re:Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’r... by yjftsjthsd-h on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @12:16AM (#37387783)

It's coreboot, plus I think tianocore/edk2 to provide UEFI

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