A report back after a month or so of use would be useful. On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not to put anyone off of Joey's dell, but this seems like an opportune > moment to mention my recent experience with turning a Toshiba Chromebook > 2 (the 2015 gandof, rather than the 2014 version) into a "real linux" > machine with GalliumOS. I needed to do a BIOS update, but I can > dual-boot to ChromeOS if I want (mostly I don't). > > It has 16g of SSD, but it has a nicer display (1920x1080) than most > Chromebooks (except the Pixel), and 4MB of RAM, which is nicer than many > as well. Like most Chromebooks, it has an SD card slot, USB3, HDMI, > 802.11ac radio. It is about $300 on Amazon. The case is a little > "cheap" feeling, silver plastic, but for $300 it's a decent, > light-weight laptop for carrying around. The keyboard (like most > Chromebooks) takes a little getting used to, and there is a common > screw-loss syndrome you should be aware of. Otherwise, generally > pleased. > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
