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Looking for a "couch laptop" (local106.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Any chromebook that supports Coreboot. Absolutely unrepairable and very low storage, but good Linux support and coreboot!

mrchromebox.tech/devices

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But be aware a ton of features that would work on ChromeOS don't work, I've done this to 4 and all have separate problems

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Very interesting! I had an Acer Chromebook I couldnt even open up, so I got rid of it as fast as possible.

    Could you share experiences?

    • keyboard layouts, missing buttons
    • what features are missing?
    • anything else thats good to know?
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