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Now more than ever, ChromeOS is Linux with Google’s desktop environment
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this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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Does anyone actually buy Chromebooks apart from schools?
My girlfriend bought a really cheap one from Lenovo. Besides watching movies and browsing the web there's not much you can do because ChromeOS is extremely limiting. Wouldn't ever recommend anyone to buy anything with ChromeOS on it.
Sounds like the perfect device for my parents and many many other people I know.
My parents, for whom the internet is the only worthwhile thing a computer can be used for, love their Chromebook
Yep, my parents have a few. Way easier than dealing with them installing windows malware constantly or having to maintain Linux for them.
Just keep in mind that after update support ends, it's a ticking time bomb. And there's basically no "second life" for it because it's so locked down.