<div dir="ltr">That sounds bliss. How do you work around the 16GB disk space limit? I assume you primarily use it for simple tasks?<div><br></div><div>-MC</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 23 August 2013 15:51, Les Pritchard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:les.pritchard@gmail.com" target="_blank">les.pritchard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Well I've been using one running Chrome OS and then Ubuntu in a chroot and that works very well. Battery life is great and it's nice and light to carry around.<div><br></div><div>Probably one of the best Linux laptops I've used as most suffer from poor battery life or hardware support.</div>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 August 2013 15:45, Michael Crilly <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrcrilly@gmail.com" target="_blank">mrcrilly@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Very nice. I've always wondered about using them for something other than Chrome OS which, quite frankly, I don't trust (which of course contradicts the very fact I am using GMail to send this very message).<div>
<br></div><div>-MC</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On 23 August 2013 11:15, Les Pritchard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:les.pritchard@gmail.com" target="_blank">les.pritchard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>As we've had quite a few discussions (and a demo) about running Linux on a Chromebook, I thought it was worth mentioning that the Samsung ARM model has been reduced to £198 on Amazon!!</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Chromebook-Wifi-Launched-2012/dp/B009RF0AQ8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1377250783&sr=8-8&keywords=chromecast" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Chromebook-Wifi-Launched-2012/dp/B009RF0AQ8/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1377250783&sr=8-8&keywords=chromecast</a><br>
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