And here are the responses
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| jdixon Nov 12, 2013 3:32 PM EDT |
http://gigaom.com/2013/11/11/why-the-chromebook-pundits-are-... http://www.zdnet.com/chromebooks-sometimes-less-is-more-7000... And a third one: http://www.zdnet.com/why-there-are-at-least-two-great-reason... |
| flufferbeer Nov 12, 2013 4:09 PM EDT |
Last pair of links approved by the questionably "F/OSS-friendly" Google Inc ;) my 2c |
| jdixon Nov 12, 2013 4:15 PM EDT |
> Last pair of links completely "approved" by Google Inc's PR Dept ;) I can't argue, but it's better than Microsoft's PR Dept. :) |
| flufferbeer Nov 12, 2013 4:22 PM EDT |
> it's better than Microsoft's PR Dept Google has been much much better than M$ in terms of promoting F/OSS..... at least it seems that way SO FAR!! -fb |
| Bob_Robertson Nov 12, 2013 5:39 PM EDT |
If I can't install Debian on it, I don't want it. If I'm going to sit down to a keyboard, it's going to be a full-bore system. Even if it's a really really thin one. I compromise on a phone, because with a phone I want a limited use device. |
| BernardSwiss Nov 12, 2013 8:16 PM EDT |
And it seems that anything I try to post to ZDNet comments is still automatically blocked as alleged "spam". |
| jdixon Nov 12, 2013 9:37 PM EDT |
> If I can't install Debian on it, I don't want it. Well, ChromeOS is simply a stripped down version of Linux, so it should be possible. Googling "Installing Debian on a Chromebook" gave me more hits than I have time to research at the moment. |
| Ridcully Nov 13, 2013 12:06 AM EDT |
I have also seen that schools are being drawn to Chromebooks for a few reasons: cheap, secure and very simple with respect to maintenance. |
| Bob_Robertson Nov 13, 2013 9:27 AM EDT |
JD, I've heard of it being done. I'd consider it if I didn't have all the laptop I need. It must be able to run Wizard 101. It would be nice if they'd come up with a native Linux client. |
| herzeleid Nov 14, 2013 7:30 PM EDT |
I have a cheap chromebook and like it. I don't do heavy duty gaming on it, but it's great for email, social media, video chats, music and video watching. The fact that it is a zero maintenance device is definitely a plus. I save my tinkering and hacking for my conventional computers. |
| jdixon Nov 14, 2013 10:40 PM EDT |
> I have a cheap chromebook and like it. I have a bootable chromium os iso image burned to a USB drive for booting my Dell Mini-9. I've tried it, and It's usable, but I prefer a full Linux system for most purposes. |
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