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> you're buying into a platform where you don't have the option to find alternatives On ChromeOS devices you usually can install a regular linux distribution t
by Jyaif 5y ago
> you're buying into a platform where you don't have the option to find alternatives
On ChromeOS devices you usually can install a regular linux distribution though.
- jeroenhd 5y agoNot on all models (especially not on the older ones), and even then it's unnecessarily complicated by design. There are workarounds that come with a performance impact, but most Chromebooks aren't exactly powerful machines. A shame, really, because Linux could keep the Chromebooks that have somehow become too outdated alive for a few more years. Luckily Safari (and to some extend Firefox) is out there lacking common features that were in Chrome years ago, so polyfills will probably still be used for a few years.