Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop

I was thinking about getting my kid an he stream or chromebook soon and putting Ubuntu on it(leaning more towards the stream.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015, 9:41 AM Rachel Rawlings <rachelneko@gmail.com> wrote:

Chromebooks and crouton are another great way to go, particularly if you want to run off encrypted usb media or swap them out for particular tasks (edubuntu, arch assault).

On Jun 20, 2015 9:17 AM, "Rohit Mehta" <ro@paper-mill.com> wrote:
What about chromebooks? A significant number of cheap to high-end laptops are shipping with Linux (Chromeos). Admittedly its stripped down Linux that is targetted at being a web-appliance, but that is not hard to change. The keyboard on chromebooks also leaves a little to be desired, but there is absolutely no microsoft tax :)

On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 00:00:17 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> Absolutely true. When I buy cheap at Costco and slam Linux on it, the
> OEM bean counters think I'm using Linux and don't change their ways.

Oops

:s/Linux/Windows/ in the second line above.

SteveT

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