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[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

ChromeOS always disturbs me. Is there a 2.4% out there casually watching porn on side with their chromebooks during highschool geometry?

And why they switching to linux?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago

Surely there are people who bought Chromebooks for college? Or boomers who bought the $245 Chromebook instead of the $285 Win10S manufactured ewaste laptop?

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Also probably some folks who bought a Chromebook in bulk from a school for pennies on the dollar.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

That's the winning hypothesis, dumpster diving gooners.

[-] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Those are cheap and rugged. I bought a reconditioned Chromebook Think Pad for $30. I want to put Linux on it. But I haven't found my 'roundtoit yet.

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I snagged a Chromebook back in 2016 and used it for 9 years. It wasn't speedy, but for small time browsing, terminal use (I rooted it and put a real Linux distro in there), and media watching it was just fine.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

chromebooks during highschool geometry

Nah, most of the school equipment/networks are monitored/blocked to hell and back. I'm not saying they can't find loopholes, but they're severely hampered, and when they get caught, it's a big deal.

A lot of that chromeOS is people buying the cheapest hardware at Walmart and using it as their faptop.

Just like a lot of the Linux is probably steamdecks.

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