On 11/07/2022 12:20, Dan Ritter wrote:
Ottavio Caruso wrote:On 11/07/2022 08:32, john doe wrote:I'm looking for something cheap (max would be around 300 bucks), do you have any suggestions/ideas?My local Cash-Converter/Generator(s) have plenty of old-ish Chromebooks for £50 or less. I know it's possible to run some sort of Linux with trickeries like Crouton or similar. I wonder if it's just possible to nuke all Google related junk and install native Debian or is it not technically possible?On some of them, yes. The process is to flash a new BIOS, after which the Chromebook is just a laptop. https://github.com/MrChromebox/SeaBIOS
Is that a special SeaBIOS for Chromebooks? -- Ottavio Caruso A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?