On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 12:44:21PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I had read about the end period for Chrome OS updates, although I was > unaware that 2029 was the end date for the Ideapad 5 13.3. I was > concentrating on getting Linux installed on it, or on whatever else I > ended up buying.
Offlist - We have an inexpensive Chromebook - we use it for Zoom and occasional videos. We connect it only to the raw internet beyond the firewall. I don't trust a machine controlled by "Don't; be evil!" Google /inside/ the firewall. Our Chromebook will reach its Chrome-OS end-of-update period after millions of other Chromebooks do. By that time, I predict the open source community will find MANY other uses those no-longer-supported devices. You are looking for a book reader device. My problem with ALL modern laptops is their evolution into "wide" screen, the marketing term for screens with very small vertical height. I read "tall" books and magazines, typically 1.4 times taller than wide. Also a hell of a lot of journal papers, often European "A4" sized, 1.42 times taller than wide. A "0.5 tall" wide-screen is better suited for morons with small brains and tiny attention spans. Because screens are sold by diagonal dimension, whereas manufacturing cost is proportional to height times width, a screen that is 30 inches wide and 1 inch high can be called a "30 inch screen" for marketing purposes. All that said, a TABLET computer (which can be rotated, and connect to a USB keyboard with trackpoint) might be a usable book reader. I will be interested in what you come up with. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
