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I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any chromebook that supports Coreboot. Absolutely unrepairable and very low storage, but good Linux support and coreboot!

mrchromebox.tech/devices

[–] 13617 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But be aware a ton of features that would work on ChromeOS don't work, I've done this to 4 and all have separate problems

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Very interesting! I had an Acer Chromebook I couldnt even open up, so I got rid of it as fast as possible.

Could you share experiences?

  • keyboard layouts, missing buttons
  • what features are missing?
  • anything else thats good to know?