Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Laptop suggestion
From:    phigan
Date:    Thu Jan 01, 2026 11:08

@VIA: TACOPRON
  Re: Laptop suggestion
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu Jan 01 2026 08:52 am

 > Google Docs, etc., but I haven't used a Chromebook myself.  It sounds like t
 > have a way to run the software locally too?

It's just a really locked down Linux. At first, people had to find hacks and
work-arounds to be able to build and run their own software in it (which worked
fine), but then Google made it so there is a separate straight Linux
environment available to the user without having to leave holes exposed in
ChromeOS. You can also run Android apps right from the Play Store.

Prior to the separate Linux environment, I was doing various things like
decoding DMR (digital radio) with an SDR (software defined radio) USB dongle
and whatnot.

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