Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:19:32AM -0400, Sammy Lao via talk wrote: > The big advantage with ChromeOS (and running Linux inside ChromeOS) is that > you can use Android apps. Well some Android Apps. I have run into many apps that won't run on the kids's chromebooks so far. Most of them use intel

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On Fri, Aug 26, 2022 at 6:41 PM Michael Galea via talk wrote: > I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list. I'm going traveling and I > don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. > > If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Computers: > - Will I have luck wipi

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

Michael: The big advantage with ChromeOS (and running Linux inside ChromeOS) is that you can use Android apps. How come you are not using the Android version of Wireguard or OpenVPN? > On Sep 15, 2022, at 00:58, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > > On 2022-09-01 21:00, Michael Galea via talk w

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On 2022-09-01 21:00, Michael Galea via talk wrote: On 2022-08-26 18:40, Michael Galea via talk wrote: I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list.  I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Co

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk | | From: o1bigtenor via talk | | Can't find anything searching using Lenovo E100 Gen 2 - - - - Try searching using Lenovo 100e Gen 2 -- slightly different. You might find leaving our the "Gen 2" helps. | There is surely a key sequence during booting. Bu

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

[I sure hope that the mailing list is working for all.] | From: o1bigtenor via talk | On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:00 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk | wrote: | > | > A dirt cheap Windows netbook. Not very good (screen is TN 1366 x 768). | > Should easily run Linux. | > | > https://www.lenovo.com/

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On 2022-09-01 21:00, Michael Galea via talk wrote: On 2022-08-26 18:40, Michael Galea via talk wrote: I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list.  I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Co

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:00 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > A dirt cheap Windows netbook. Not very good (screen is TN 1366 x 768). > Should easily run Linux. > > https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-100e-2nd-gen-(amd)/len101l0021 > Managed to get on

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

I used to go to Detroit a lot with geeky friends, and we pretty much always visited Microcenter. Although I haven't gone in years. Stewart's message suggests there isn't stock of this particular item as close as Detroit, but ... for most people on this list, I think you'd enjoy a visit to Microcen

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

Someone at the Raspberry Pi meetup last night mentioned the Evolve III Maestro 11.6" educational laptop, if anyone's looking for a *really* cheap laptop. I don't know of anyone selling it in Canada at a reasonable price, but Micro Center - a brick & mortar electronics store in the USA - is sell

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On 2022-08-30 11:13, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: A $99.99 chromebook available from Best Buy (deal ends Sept 1). Screen is TN, which I avoid, but it is probably OK, especially at this price.

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

A dirt cheap Windows netbook. Not very good (screen is TN 1366 x 768). Should easily run Linux. https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-100e-2nd-gen-(amd)/len101l0021 $126.72 today and tomorrow, I think. If supplies last. = If you want a

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On 2022-08-26 18:40, Michael Galea via talk wrote: I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list.  I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Computers: - Will I have luck wiping ChromeOS and inst

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

I have HP Chromebook 11 G3 (PS. don't get this. It chewed up original battery and replacement battery.) Itemized reply below... On 2022-08-26 18:40, Michael Galea via talk wrote: I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list.  I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420.

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

A $99.99 chromebook available from Best Buy (deal ends Sept 1). Screen is TN, which I avoid, but it is probably OK, especially at this price. --- Post to this mailing list tal

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

Other bargains to consider: If you go to this link, you will find it unavailable BUT you will be offered three alternatives at sub $200 prices. Or at least I am. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Un

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

| From: Michael Galea via talk | If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Computers: I actually recommend low-spec Windows notebooks. Lenovo has sold a few recently but their delivery horizon is perhaps too long or unpredicatable. I recently bought this (no longer available;

[GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list. I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada Computers: - Will I have luck wiping ChromeOS and installing Debian? Can I still encrypt the disk? - If in