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Re:Our Commitment to Windows Quality by wojciii on Saturday March 21, 2026 @02:02AM (#47464385)
> Not to mention every Chromebook is a Linux machine.

.. which might need a bit of tinkering to install Linux on. Just because it runs a kernel doesn't mean it will be usable out of the box.

For example this: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1nc1jui/how_to_actua...

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Re:Our Commitment to Windows Quality by beAbU on Saturday March 21, 2026 @04:37AM (#47465205)
I think GP's point is that a chromebook is a perfectly cromulent apternative to windows, running normal ChromeOS, for users looking for a simple web/docs/email machine.
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