<div dir="ltr">My main problem with Crouton is the nested x-server ... rules out acceleration, current ubuntu-desktop, and (most importantly for me) makes projected presentations practically impossible (without handcrafted X modelines).<div>
<br></div><div>Also the switch back and forth between ChromeOS and Crouton fails more than 50% of the time on my Samsung chromebook.</div><div><br></div><div>If not for those issues, I'd probably be OK with Crouton for my personal use ... I like the ChromeOS for doing google-related stuff (mostly Gmail).</div>
<div><br></div><div>But for most non-techies the CLI-based method of booting Crouton would be another 'issue'.</div><div> </div><div>D</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 January 2014 23:06, Roger Greenwood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rg@nthong.co.uk" target="_blank">rg@nthong.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks Guys, C720 does look good so I've ordered one. My son has an
earlier Acer and he loves it.<br>
Not happy that $199 = £199 but so be it!<br>
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Any comments regarding whether to go Crouton or ChrUbuntu or any
other suggestions?<br>
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I do more and more just in a browser and my needs are simple, but it
is not easy to get a wifi/network connection everywhere round here
so the flexibility appeals.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Roger</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 18/01/14 17:42, Dave Fisher wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 18 January 2014 17:17, Paul Brook
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<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">As
someone else mentioned, some of the new chromebooks
look interesting (in</span><br>
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particular the C720). Possibly also some of the
"transformer" type tablets.</blockquote>
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<div>+1 for the C720 ... it beats the HP11 hands-down on
some of the metrics that count most.</div>
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