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Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste (www.wsj.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Gingerlegs 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’ve had two now. They last about 3 years for updates. Then slowly become obsolete

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Install fedora on them

[–] Gingerlegs 1 points 1 year ago

I wasn’t aware of this, thank you

[–] Audbol 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obsolete? I have 5 year old Chromebooks I use daily and those are untouched. The windows 11 ones I use more obviously. Easy to do and makes them infinitely more useful

[–] Gingerlegs 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I have one from 2018 that’s on the last OS update ☹️

[–] Audbol -2 points 1 year ago

Yeah they don't get OS updates forever. Doesn't make them any less useful though