[Wylug-discuss] Netbooks

[Dave Fisher]

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).

Also the switch back and forth between ChromeOS and Crouton fails more than
50% of the time on my Samsung chromebook.

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).

But for most non-techies the CLI-based method of booting Crouton would be
another 'issue'.

D


On 19 January 2014 23:06, Roger Greenwood <rg at nthong.co.uk> wrote:

>  Thanks Guys, C720 does look good so I've ordered one. My son has an
> earlier Acer and he loves it.
> Not happy that $199 = £199 but so be it!
>
> Any comments regarding whether to go Crouton or ChrUbuntu or any other
> suggestions?
>
> 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.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 18/01/14 17:42, Dave Fisher wrote:
>
>  On 18 January 2014 17:17, Paul Brook <paul at nowt.org> wrote:
>
>> As someone else mentioned, some of the new chromebooks look interesting
>> (in
>>  particular the C720). Possibly also some of the "transformer" type
>> tablets.
>
>
>  +1 for the C720 ... it beats the HP11 hands-down on some of the metrics
> that count most.
>
>  D
>
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