Re: Linux on a Chromebook

From	The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Linux on a Chromebook
Date	2021-08-28 09:34 +0100
Organization	A little, after lunch
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On 27/08/2021 18:30, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:34:21 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>> Uk prices for a new chromebook with 4GB ram and nasty essd start
>> around £200
> 
> 4 GB would be enough for me. More important is the screen size. Should at
> least have a 15" display.
> 
> Why is the ESSD nasty? I tested some in a shop and it felt fluid. No idea
> though how it would behave if Linux was installed.
> 

its cheap and doesn't last?

My real point was that  refurbished computers are great value.Better 
value than new mass market chromebooks

I can pick up a  used computer for less than the cost of buying the 
processor in it. Bang for the buck is far better than new.

My cheap but new laptop didn't last as long as the refurbed model that 
replaced it had *already* lasted before I bought it!

You might think what can go wrong in a cheap chromebook or laptop?
Backlight flickers. LCD screen has viciously narrow viewing angle and no 
contrast. Interface board sockets fail with repeated use - Ethernet, 
USB, power sockets all badly made and lose contact. Poor wifi 
performance that drops out..camera fails. Keyboard is 'muddy'.
.
My £200 'new' laptop developed or had *all* of the above, and then it 
wouldn't boot and gave memory errors no matter what RAM I put in, I just 
gave up.

Same disk, same RAM in an used HP - faultless performance and twice the 
wifi speed as well, Built to last.

The simple fact is that a second hand lightly used £500 laptop is way 
better than a new £200 laptop.

And can be got for £200 more or less

My server here is a 15 year old MB that came with DDR2 RAM, and a 
windows XP license for FREE!!

The disks in it did not, I agree. But its been the house server for 
getting on for ten years now and is still capable of saturating the 
100Mbps network that connects it to the world.

-- 
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's 
too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

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thirty years ago Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-25 17:44 +0000
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    Re: thirty years ago Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-25 16:47 -0700
      Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 09:51 +0100
      Re: thirty years ago Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:14 -0400
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  Re: thirty years ago SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 00:12 -0400
    Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 10:02 +0100
      Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:21 -0400
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 18:27 +0200
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:49 +0100
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 12:50 -0400
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:35 +0200
              Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-26 14:07 -0400
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 18:17 +0000
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 22:36 +0200
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:06 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 17:48 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-08-26 17:19 +0000
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook (was: thirty years ago) Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2021-08-26 19:45 +0200
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-26 20:20 +0100
        Re: Linux on a Chromebook SixOverFive <hae274b.net> - 2021-08-26 21:38 -0400
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 03:34 +0100
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-08-27 13:32 +0000
            Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-27 13:30 -0400
              Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 09:34 +0100
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-08-28 12:42 -0400
                Re: Linux on a Chromebook The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-28 20:18 +0100
          Re: Linux on a Chromebook Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-26 21:06 -0700
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        Re: thirty years ago The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-27 02:49 +0100
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  Re: thirty years ago "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-19 17:34 +0300
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