I find myself with one spare Chromebook, and I figured I’d see what else I can do with it.

  • Helix 🧬@feddit.org
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    22 hours ago

    pretty sure this is the Apollo Lake platform and it’s very annoying to get proper Linux to run there: https://issei.space/blog/linux-on-apollo-lake/

    I would only recommend you do this when you have a good idea how GNU/Linux works and have a second device to use once you need to tinker with your Chromebook to fix the inevitable issues.

    If this is your only system: don’t do it.

    • Powderhorn@beehaw.orgOP
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      13 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m literally looking for a distro that I can slap Firefox on and nothing else. The battery life on my main system has gotten to the point that “atrocious” would be an improvement, and, well, my dad’s not going to be using the Chromebook I got him in 2021, seeing as how he’s dead. Much like my laptop battery.