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Re:Google offering free Chromebooks to Indian schools by codygman on Friday December 27, 2013 @03:20AM (#6969900)
Even better is wiping the chromebook and putting linux on it!
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Re:Google offering free Chromebooks to Indian schools by eru on Friday December 27, 2013 @05:03AM (#6970102)
It already comes with a Linux. You might want to put a different flavour of Linux on it, if you care enough. It's pretty easy, at least if you are willing to boot from external media.
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Re:Google offering free Chromebooks to Indian schools by Teapot on Friday December 27, 2013 @05:33AM (#6970160)
Hopefully the kids learns exactly this. How to get rid of the Google lock-in, and installs something that unlocks the full potential of the hardware.
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Re:Google offering free Chromebooks to Indian schools by eru on Friday December 27, 2013 @08:14AM (#6970482)
Google actually has lots of documentation on how to do that.
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