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    Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    I would love to know if Ubuntu can be sensibly used on this hardware
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10...r_chromebooks/
    Anyone please?

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    Almost certainly

    ChromOS is a susestudio remix of openSUSE 11.4 (which FYI is now end of life) but (will probably get evergreen support)
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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    A couple people at my school recently got them through the partnership program Google worked out with different academic programs. The machines looked pretty neat for while I watched them dink around. I would definitely rather carry around a Chromebook than my WiFi Galaxy Tab, that's for sure.

    The price tag wasn't TOO steep before, but honestly, this go-around makes them pretty hard to pass up. I don't mind cloud computing for a spare device, and for cloud computing, ChromeOS actually looked pretty decent at the time for what I would need it to do.

    Good find, thanks for the link!

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    Quote Originally Posted by carl4926 View Post
    Almost certainly

    ChromOS is a susestudio remix of openSUSE 11.4 (which FYI is now end of life) but (will probably get evergreen support)
    No it's not!?! It's based on Gentoo for a start. When on earth have you got that info from? There isn't even a Ubuntu ARM port for the processor in this Chromebook so don't know where you have got "Almost certainly" from, either.

    Anyway, been wanting this ARM Chromebook to surface for ages. Just wish I had the money to buy one. It's perfect for what I need from a machine.

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    Hmmm if I read right, the new ones will have an ARM processor?

    Ubuntu doesnt support ARM very well does it? Everyone seems too prefer Debian or Puppy on ARM devices.

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    I don't even have cell phone service where I live, let alone 3G, 4G or any kind of public wireless (unless I go into town). The Chromebook remains a useless piece of junk for someone like myself. I do need a more portable laptop however. Looking at a $300 Asus laptop at RadioShack (Running Win7) that seems like a much, much better deal in any circumstance.

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    Quote Originally Posted by ojdon View Post
    No it's not!?! It's based on Gentoo for a start. When on earth have you got that info from? There isn't even a Ubuntu ARM port for the processor in this Chromebook so don't know where you have got "Almost certainly" from, either.

    Anyway, been wanting this ARM Chromebook to surface for ages. Just wish I had the money to buy one. It's perfect for what I need from a machine.
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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    Ah, if only Canonical could get Samsung to put Ubuntu properly on such amachine, that would have been real nice.

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    its still pretty steep for a computer thats minus a proper OS

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    Re: Google rolls out new, cheaper Chromebooks 'for everyone'

    You can work in "off-line" mode with it and for most people it won't replace their regular desktop.

    But its a useful adjunct for "working in the cloud" when you want to be as productive as possible without having to wait for everything to load up. There are times like that when you don't want to wait to start your work.

    The fast boot time is the Chromebook's greatest advantage.

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