[Chester LUG] Chromebook

[Les Pritchard]

Yeah, I mainly use it for lighter tasks or remote connections to other
boxes. But as Stuart says, there's  an SD slot so I use a card for any
larger files if necessary.

It's not the kind of laptop you'd use to run VMs, but as a general use
Linux laptop it works well.


On 23 August 2013 15:56, Stuart Burns <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> some SD card I think
>
>
> On 23 August 2013 15:55, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That sounds bliss. How do you work around the 16GB disk space limit? I
>> assume you primarily use it for simple tasks?
>>
>> -MC
>>
>>
>> On 23 August 2013 15:51, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Probably one of the best Linux laptops I've used as most suffer from
>>> poor battery life or hardware support.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 August 2013 15:45, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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).
>>>>
>>>> -MC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23 August 2013 11:15, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> 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!!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
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