As I mentioned before, I got HP Stream 11, but I am thinking about getting one cheap laptop to prevent over-subscriptions teen fights. I understand that my life will become more interesting looking for two laptops, instead of one, hidden somewhere "by accident". While another "blue" laptop is probably the best choice in my circumstances, I've been looking at ChromeBooks for a while.
Beside Michael's Q, how do you boot this thing when you completely wipe the small 16GB SSD on laptop without normal BIOS .... How do you work around lack of functional keys (F1-F12) on ChromeBooks? I use the Fxx keys often when using Linux, and it often saves the day when you cannot get to X for whatever reason. I hope that I am not hijacking this thread from Michael by asking this, Tomas On Mon, 2016-11-14 at 13:14 -0800, Michael Barnes wrote: > Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux? > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Russell Senior < > russ...@personaltelco.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > "Josiah" == Josiah Luscher <s...@josiahluscher.com> writes: > > > > Josiah> Just my 2ยข. Shop first for speed, it's both the thing that > > Josiah> costs and the thing that will make your computer last IMHO. > > I > > Josiah> paid the Windows tax and the spinning ferrous disk tax and > > got > > Josiah> an ASUS X540L for ~$350. If I did it again I'd get a > > better > > Josiah> screen, it's fairly low resolution. > > > > For me, a laptop is more about mobility, longevity and > > connectivity, so > > light-weight, a good display, a usable keyboard, good wifi drivers > > and > > battery life are prime features. With a network connection, I can > > ssh > > to a "real" CPU to do computation. > > > > I actually type on a Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015) more than anything > > else, about $300. > > > > > > -- > > Russell Senior, President > > russ...@personaltelco.net > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
