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Re:Maryland will hand out 133k Chromebooks to the public by hospitalJail on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:45PM (#38368982)
Wait, vendor locked?

I was about to get a chromebook for $120 and put some linux on it.

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Re:Maryland will hand out 133k Chromebooks to the public by afandian on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:50PM (#38369071)
I got one with the same intent and it’s not as easy as it used to be sadly. I was disappointed.

https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton

If you want to get a Google account there’s Crostini, but it’s not the same. AFAICT you need to log in with a Google account.

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