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Its been an interesting morning (reddthat.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It was to talk about "team restructuring"

Linux on chromebook in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the detailed answer and pointing me towards the Mr. Chromebox tooling. I picked up the used Acer CB3 for $30 and was able to install the custom UEFI firmware and then install Gallium OS without too much hassle. Like you said, not a fancy machine, but hard to beat that price.

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Linux on chromebook (reddthat.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking at picking up a used chromebook for my kid to use after installing a Linux OS on it. So I have two questions that are very related:

Which would be a better one to get: Lenovo S330 or Acer CB3-431. Is one going to be easier to get the OS to run on?

The other question is which distro is going to work the easiest? I have been running Linux exclusively for over a decade on my person computer (Fedora currently) and my phone (PinePhonePro with Debian (well, Mobian anyways)) so I'm very comfortable with Linux in general, but haven't played with this kind of hardware before so I'm not sure what the limitations will be.

what counts as a distro in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Does Android really even use the Linux Kernel anymore? I thought they forked it about 15 years ago and at this point it has diverged so much its not even really the Linux kernel anymore.

Does anyone actually like the default GNOME workflow? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I fell in love with Gnome 3 when it first came out and havent looked back. I dont miss a taskbar because I just use the keyboard shortcuts to move between workspaces and alt+tab to switch programs. Gnome seems to be more efficient the less you use the mouse which is my preferred M.O. anyways.