Re: Two Chromebooks: was Re: LENOVO IdeaPad 100S 11.6" Laptop

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 11/12/2016 05:51 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 12 November 2016 23:23:09 Michael Lange wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 23:04:21 +0000
> >
> > Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I am thinking of buying one of these for use with Debian and TDE.  What
> > > was said the other day gave me a slight pause for thought, but I was
> > > partly reassured.
> > >
> > > Comments please!
> > >
> > > Lenovo 11.6 Inch Ideapad 100s Intel Atom 2GB 32GB
> > > http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5163519
> > when it's to be used with debian, this one is currently only for the
> > brave ;-)
> > I own such a device, currently internal wifi works well enough with a
> > third party driver. If you care about bluetooth, you're so far totally
> > out of luck. Sound does not work yet either. Suspend / Hibernate does not
> > work. Occasionally the screen freezes, forcing the user to do a hard
> > reset. Plus the 32-bit Efi troubles to make the install media boot.
> >
> > Considering the price I think the device would not be bad, if they would
> > be able to fix these issues. From what I have been reading, it seems like
> > people from Intel are working on linux fixes for this and similar
> > devices, but even if things go well some patience is required.
> >
> > See also here (not sure if this page will be updated if the situation
> > changes, though): https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113151
> Thanks, Michael.  Very helpful.  I don't mind about having to struggle a
> little, and Bluetooth doesn't worry me, but sound is a bit of a killer.
>
> What about either of these Chromebooks:
> Acer Chromebook 11.6 Inch Celeron 2GB 16GB
> http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5487972
>
> Asus Chromebook C201 11.6 Inch 2GB 16GB
> http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5763830
> ?
>
> Can anyone speak to these?
> Thanks!
>
> Lisi
I don't know what these Chromebooks sell for, and of course you know 
that they are diskless
(which is maybe what you want) but there are frequently sales of 
refurbished used Dell laptops
in the $120 to $160 price range, and they are 14" or 15" with at least 
256 GiB drives and 4 GiB ram.
Try and get one with something other than Broadcom wifi--it's a real 
challenge to make it work,
unless you want to run Windows.

--doug