[Chester LUG] Chromebook

[Les Pritchard]

Nice idea. If you keep on working at it, with a bit of patience you'll
master a GUI too ;-p


On 23 August 2013 16:14, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com> wrote:

> On a kind of related note, this is the kind of thing I would use a
> Chromebook for:
> http://lifehacker.com/5974087/i-raised-my-kids-on-the-command-lineand-they-love-it
>
>
> On 23 August 2013 16:03, Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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