Re: Converting an old Chromebook to pure Debian, was: OT, Recommendation for low cost laptop

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>]

On 11/07/2022 15:42, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:36 AM Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> 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?
>
> ChromeOS has support to run Debian 10 Apps. They are installed using apt
> just like a standard debian install.


Yes, but I believe it's a container, not the real thing.


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