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(DIR) Post #AspmKyHZIYyqn1pyqW by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2025-04-07T02:48:06Z
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I see the same kind of criticism aimed at Asahi Linux and Chrultrabook, "Why bother supporting Linux on this hardware, just stop buying bad laptops" Not supporting Linux on Apple Silicon or Chromebooks, won't at all slow down the sales of these devices, but what it does do is give these devices the ability to have a second life once they've gone EOL saving at least some of them from going straight into e-waste
(DIR) Post #AspmRzbSmmMcuhUVkW by zak@infosec.exchange
2025-04-07T02:49:21Z
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@BrodieOnLinux And sometimes the hardware can be genuinely nicer than the usual alternatives. Linux on a Chromebook Pixel (2015) remains my best Linux experience to date.
(DIR) Post #Aspme4qx5onQfdUxNY by jenbanim@mastodo.neoliber.al
2025-04-07T02:51:31Z
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@BrodieOnLinux getting Linux to run in places it's not supposed to be is also fun!
(DIR) Post #Aspmfzq0i5kbhAyNvs by boc64@fosstodon.org
2025-04-07T02:51:53Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Also not to mention providing more accessible ARM Linux devices beyond lower end SBCs! Asahi Linux is my primary (and only) way of playing games, and it's mostly a great experience!
(DIR) Post #AspmqX6DtpijkYa3MW by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-07T02:53:48.546148Z
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@zak @BrodieOnLinux >Linux on a Chromebook Pixel (2015) remains my best Linux experience to date.All Chromebooks come with Gentoo GNU/Linux with a desktop environment without freedom?You went from GNU/Linux to GNU/Linux, with the visual difference being a desktop environment with (some) freedom and you think you installed "Linux"?Many such cases; https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-users-never-heard-of-gnu.html
(DIR) Post #AspmzwplaXYkAdN9n6 by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2025-04-07T02:55:30Z
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@weirdtreething For sure, and not every Chromebook is a throw away device aimed at schools. I was surprised how many interesting devices were out there
(DIR) Post #Aspn3taJbvm5Ff1mDo by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2025-04-07T02:56:13.522719Z
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@BrodieOnLinux >Not supporting Linux on ... ChromebooksSo what kernel comes on those Chromebooks, Brodie?Unfortunately the apple laptops are handcuffed, to ensure that it is cryptographically impossible for the user to have freedom, meaning they're e-waste right out of the factory.
(DIR) Post #AspntzvbGu0fz1pNpo by BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social
2025-04-07T03:05:37Z
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@weirdtreething I need to get around to doing the Chromebook videos at some point
(DIR) Post #Aspo8HsNL1sNhb8Joe by pauliehedron@infosec.exchange
2025-04-07T03:08:10Z
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@BrodieOnLinux This plucky thin client Dell Wyse 5470 machine is around $30-$100 USD used. Keyboard is great, it ran a version of Linux from the factory to do remote desktop, so driver support is solid. Everything works great, no gaming but the youtube works. A solid light weight don't really care what happens to it need a laptop to run around with workhorse.This machine technically can run Windows. LOL
(DIR) Post #AspoQKkbOBY3pX6PYW by Jessica@kitsunes.club
2025-04-07T03:02:24.720Z
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@BrodieOnLinux@mstdn.social not supporting these devices just accelerates the climate disaster that we've already put ourselves into. people who need a laptop will get a laptop one way or another.
(DIR) Post #Aspp0hmhEA6Zh2QQOO by Linux_in_a_Bit@infosec.exchange
2025-04-07T03:18:01Z
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@BrodieOnLinux And that’s what Linux is all about, Charlie Brown.
(DIR) Post #AsprmA7TtYtJ5lu7bU by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-04-07T03:48:55.127385Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Which is specially relevant to chromebooks since those are probably by far one of the most e-wasted laptops.Plus well computers are typically just considered waste just due to lack of basic maintenance (like making sure there's space left on the filesystem) and/or OS destroying itself.
(DIR) Post #AspsVt3bfJIbUitYf2 by wowiamreallyamazed@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T03:57:15Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I genuinely considered buying a second hand Chromebook because of Chrultrabook Linux, because my gaming laptop was too heavy, tablets don't support Linux, and Chromebooks go for really cheap, and I just needed a word processor.
(DIR) Post #AsptBjaxEfHeJKRomG by rejzor@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T04:04:51Z
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@BrodieOnLinux My Ryzen 5 2500U powered laptop that was declared "obsolete" by Windows 11 (and Windows 10 is discontinued). Runs Ubuntu very happily. Mind you, the hardware is VERY capable for all the multimedia and internet needs and probably even more. 4 cores 8 threads, 8GB RAM and 512GB NVMe SSD. How the fuck is this "too old" Microsoft?
(DIR) Post #AspwfmJ21L1PGi5928 by gcvsa@mstdn.plus
2025-04-07T04:43:53Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Only in the world of Linux would you ever get people describing the industry leading architecture as "bad laptops".
(DIR) Post #Asq2MMZA60knf1kh6W by rodlie@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T05:47:37Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Maybe... But I would rather run an EOL version of macOS on an Mac than Linux 😄
(DIR) Post #Asq2q5azkwIZiPmgKm by mage_of_dragons@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T05:53:00Z
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@BrodieOnLinux But Linux is the OS equivalent to doom, so it has to run on everything!
(DIR) Post #Asq5rlFMgQu72v9i6K by didek@101010.pl
2025-04-07T06:26:52Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Not even considering someone getting such laptop as a gift or long-term job benefit.
(DIR) Post #Asq7jZWIbEgEGeIcKW by DLC@fosstodon.org
2025-04-07T06:47:49Z
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@BrodieOnLinux And gives poor people like me the option to buy them used well over a decade after they were made and still make use of them daily, not as a retro gimmick but competitively with newer hardware!
(DIR) Post #AsqNMCVNbIZhUikN7Y by Normand_Nadon@hostux.social
2025-04-07T09:42:52Z
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@BrodieOnLinux To me, running Linux on a chromebook vs Asahi Linux on a Mac M is not the same!Linux on a chomebook is just a way to get something out of those devices... On a Mac M, it is an experiment on exciting new hardware! These devices are incredible, except for the stock OS.
(DIR) Post #AsqUmKpzwTuEXtnewC by truh@shark.community
2025-04-07T11:05:59Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I wish macbooks were bad laptops. Would make it so easy.
(DIR) Post #Asqc7EBQZrmDfTjVOi by ojonnysilva@fosstodon.org
2025-04-07T12:28:14Z
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@BrodieOnLinux The weirdest part about this criticism is that it exists at all. I mean, people work on wathever they feel like it, its not like theres a mandate to only work towards some grand objective.
(DIR) Post #AsqifSuytrIOwCkW5w by yodelei@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T13:41:41Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I'm not a big fan of apple but I reckon that apple silicon is a great improvement in terms of performance per watt. Linux support should happen
(DIR) Post #AsqqZKkV9tQLUvR0S0 by kuulman@social.tchncs.de
2025-04-07T15:10:12Z
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@BrodieOnLinux After 15 years with Thinkpads, I don't know what to buy next since Thinkpads are now total carbage. There's Framework, but I have my doubts for chassis, keyboard + it's missing trackpoint.System76's Virgo won't be ready before my T580 dies. I even bought 2 new Ryzen-Thinkpads after T580 but their chassis didn't last.
(DIR) Post #Asqqv5kTbtxLLUnXCS by apropos
2025-04-07T15:14:12.523599Z
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@kuulman @BrodieOnLinux you can get a Lenovo TrackPoint Keyboard and use it with a framework.
(DIR) Post #Asrh7wChbVSH7lRm7M by kuulman@social.tchncs.de
2025-04-08T00:59:08Z
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@apropos @BrodieOnLinux That'd be a very good option, if laptop didn't sit on on my lap 100% of its use time.
(DIR) Post #Atffjs7N7MnRDmvg24 by howtophil@mastodon.social
2025-05-02T03:39:06Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Eyup, Linux/BSD/etc should EXPAND the number of usable machines