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From their CCC presentation it looked like the Chrultrabook had parity with the previous-gen ThinkPads. That's why I asked the question-- I'd like to know which
by jancsika 3y ago
From their CCC presentation it looked like the Chrultrabook had parity with the previous-gen ThinkPads. That's why I asked the question-- I'd like to know which Chromebook to look at which can support the bog-standard features I mentioned using something like Debian (or whatever distro).
- 8organicbits 3y agoI doubt Chrultrabook is anywhere near ThinkPad. Lenovo officially supports Linux and ships some models with Ubuntu or Fedora Linux. The Debian wiki has a great list tracking what works on each model. I've had success with ThinkPads that don't officially support Linux, with help from the wiki. The giant warning banners on the submission site suggest its a complex and incomplete project. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bundleId=21HMCTO1WWUS6 https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bun... https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad
- bitwize 3y ago"Chrultrabooks" are neat projects if you have a Chromebook kicking around, e.g., one that may be past its OS end-of-life date and you want to squeeze some more use out of it. If you're just looking for "a laptop to run Linux on", scoring a used or refurbished ThinkPad is going to be the most straightforward way to get that. You will probably get more CPU oomph and memory out of the ThinkPad than all but the most high-end of Chromebooks (which will cost significantly more).