Yes, there are many ways to install Linux on a Chromebook. In my humble opinion, this is the best way. Maybe you'll like it! In today's thrilling episode of Veronica Explains, I'll introduce you to...
If you’re in the USA or Canada, take a look at https://www.govdeals.com/. A lot of government agencies auction off their old equipment on that site, including public school districts.
If you’re lucky, pallets of 150 Chromebooks or other lower-end laptops can be had for $1000-2000 ($6-$13 each) plus taxes and fees. You have to arrange your own pickup though - none of the auctions offer delivery.
Not guaranteed to be in perfect condition of course - they were used in a school after all.
without going into a whole palette, search eBay for: chromebook lot of – people selling anything from lots of 4 to lots of 15, generally averaging $20 each (pretty much guaranteed to be expired, would check models against Chrultrabook for usability)
Yeah, if you just need something to browse the internet and edit documents, it’s hard to do better than a Chromebook. A lot of them have insanely good battery life too since they are so light on compute power.
I got one during my last couple years of university for around $200 that was so light you could hold it level with just your thumb and two fingers, and the battery lasted so long that I would sometimes forget to charge it after a whole day and it would still be good for the next day. I toyed with installing Linux on it, but at the time the experience was pretty horrible, so I stuck with the vanilla OS.
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If you’re in the USA or Canada, take a look at https://www.govdeals.com/. A lot of government agencies auction off their old equipment on that site, including public school districts.
If you’re lucky, pallets of 150 Chromebooks or other lower-end laptops can be had for $1000-2000 ($6-$13 each) plus taxes and fees. You have to arrange your own pickup though - none of the auctions offer delivery.
Not guaranteed to be in perfect condition of course - they were used in a school after all.
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Yeah, if you just need something to browse the internet and edit documents, it’s hard to do better than a Chromebook. A lot of them have insanely good battery life too since they are so light on compute power.
I got one during my last couple years of university for around $200 that was so light you could hold it level with just your thumb and two fingers, and the battery lasted so long that I would sometimes forget to charge it after a whole day and it would still be good for the next day. I toyed with installing Linux on it, but at the time the experience was pretty horrible, so I stuck with the vanilla OS.
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(if you’re really lucky, some models have NVME drives instead of soldered in storage)