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[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 34 points 9 months ago

I signed up for heartache by choosing a Chromebook to fucking around with. I don’t afraid.

[-] machinin@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Fuck, I regret buying my Chromebook so much.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 9 months ago

Did you use the Mrchromebox.tech “hack “ to use an alt OS on it? My Chromebook has become my daily driver now. Though I fuckers it up constantly.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I just did this yesterday! I’ve worked with Linux/Unix for a long time, but I’ve never had a Linux machine at home. We had an ancient cheap chromebook and I turned it into a functional Linux laptop! I used GalliumOS though, which isn’t being actively developed any longer, so I might have to change setups eventually.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 2 points 9 months ago

I really think chromebooks have a decent future in the linux community. Especially with them being cheap. I use mabox linux, its a manjaro +openbox distro with tons of customization options. Its way way cool. If you are more into debian you should check out bunson labs !

[-] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

In didn’t plan to distro hop on the chrome book, but having something actively maintained that’s a nice’d up Debian would be sweet.

What have you done to me?!?!?

Are these distros good at supporting various old chrome book hardware? Hell maybe even something like Mint would work, but I should probably stick with the lightweight ones.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 2 points 9 months ago

Mabox has an option at setup for Chromebook keyboards but i find binding from a regular keyboard less of a pain. My one real issue was the sound card, but SOF ( sound open firmware) fixed it immediately.

Mint is basically perfect, i just wish their xfce edition was based on Debian And not ubuntu. Mint + debian = the tops. Another one to consider is Sparky Linux. I heard good stuff about it.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks again!

The chrome book is in a state where I can boot from the USB drive and try out whatever I want, so I’m going to take a look!

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