[HN Gopher] Chrultrabook Docs
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Chrultrabook Docs
Author : todsacerdoti
Score : 32 points
Date : 2024-01-02 18:46 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (docs.chrultrabook.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (docs.chrultrabook.com)
| jancsika wrote:
| Is there a best of breed piece of hardware for Chrultrabook?
|
| Say, one where Firefox's webrender runs for GPU-accelerated
| browsing, standard fare like Youtube videos is also GPU-
| accelerated, WIFI chip runs flawlessly by default, and the
| touchpad also works flawlessly?
| sonzohan wrote:
| For which OS?
| jancsika wrote:
| Whichever distro gives me the relevant drivers out of the
| box.
| jeffbee wrote:
| ChromeOS is the only Linux that meets all of your criteria,
| especially touchpad works flawlessly. Windows is another
| option but none of the other Linux distros will give you
| working touchpad, gpu, audio, video, wifi, all the
| peripherals etc.
| wmf wrote:
| Why not buy a regular laptop at that point?
| bitwize wrote:
| Yes -- it's called a previous-gen ThinkPad.
| jancsika wrote:
| From their CCC presentation it looked like the Chrultrabook
| had parity with the previous-gen ThinkPads. That's why I
| asked the question-- I'd like to know which Chromebook to
| look at which can support the bog-standard features I
| mentioned using something like Debian (or whatever distro).
| 8organicbits wrote:
| I doubt Chrultrabook is anywhere near ThinkPad. Lenovo
| officially supports Linux and ships some models with Ubuntu
| or Fedora Linux. The Debian wiki has a great list tracking
| what works on each model. I've had success with ThinkPads
| that don't officially support Linux, with help from the
| wiki.
|
| The giant warning banners on the submission site suggest
| its a complex and incomplete project.
|
| https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/configurator/cto/index.html?bu
| n...
|
| https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad
| samspenc wrote:
| For whatever reason, when I first read the name, I thought the
| Chrultrabook was an abbreviation for a Cthulhu-themed laptop.
| karmicthreat wrote:
| Same, now I want one.
| BizarroLand wrote:
| To open the eyes of those who never sleep, press CTHULU+R and
| type in "Cahf ah nafl mglw'nafh hh' ahor syha'h ah'legeth"
| jeffbee wrote:
| "Linux notes: Cameras don't work."
|
| There are reasons people use ChromeOS.
| er0k wrote:
| I have a Pixelbook that I picked up on ebay for cheap. I was
| planning on loading MrChromebox's custom firmware and installing
| a "real" Linux and all that, but honestly the thing does
| everything I need (a browser and a shell) so easily I didn't even
| bother. You can install an Ubuntu VM in a couple clicks, it
| supports Wireguard natively and it has a touchscreen. I don't
| even run it in developer mode any more. I'm really happy with the
| stock ChromeOS these days _shrug_
| jasonvorhe wrote:
| You can really install another OS on it with a couple of
| clicks? I always thought you needed a special USB debugging
| cable to unlock the bootloader first. I have a Pixelbook that
| I'd like to give a friend of mine but he can't have a Google
| account( _) so it 'd be rather useless for him ootb.
|
| _ He's homeless and can't rely on having a stable phone number
| for 2FA
| pushedx wrote:
| What I remember being a few clicks away last time I used one
| (about two years ago), was an Ubuntu container that could be
| installed with a persistent local filesystem and shell
| access.
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