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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by jillesvangurp on Friday November 22, 2024 @06:44AM (#42213023)
Some of these devices probably make nice Linux laptops if you can get them unlocked.
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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by fwip on Friday November 22, 2024 @09:28AM (#42214086)
Iirc, it's very easy to run regular Linux on pretty much every Chromebook. Some of them have some driver issues, though.
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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday November 22, 2024 @02:05PM (#42216512)
I would personally say that "easy" depends a little bit; if your device is listed on https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/supported-devices.html then yeah it's dead easy to reflash the firmware and install any old distro and off you go. Anything not supported by that is a little more annoying because you need a distro that can deal with the default firmware's non-UEFI boot process. I'm very fond of my ARM Chromebook flashed with postmarketos, but it is a little less supported because of the boot process (and in some cases yeah hardware support isn't 100%).
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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by 71bw on Monday November 25, 2024 @09:25AM (#42236548)
TIL newer chromebooks are codenamed after Skyrim locations. Interesting
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Re:The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday November 29, 2024 @09:53AM (#42274265)
My understanding is that it's more generic than that; their codenames are apparently drawn from video games in general. Which, yes, is fascinating.
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