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

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

https://chrultrabook.github.io/docs/

For those who aren't aware

[–] astropenguin5 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly what I'm trying to do right now with the chromebook I got to keep after graduating highschool this spring, the goal is a Linux Chromebook ideally. Doing my part to keep it from becoming ewaste or sitting in a bin somewhere, and hopefully learning while I do it!

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

Not much learning really it's very simple to do

[–] astropenguin5 2 points 1 year ago

Well I'm currently at the step of having to make my own USB-C cable so I'd say there is some Plus I've never set up Linux myself before so that too And it will probably be the thing I just use to play around with Linux on so even if the setup isn't that much to learn from I will use it to learn after