I’m looking at picking up a used chromebook for my kid to use after installing a Linux OS on it. So I have two questions that are very related:

Which would be a better one to get: Lenovo S330 or Acer CB3-431. Is one going to be easier to get the OS to run on?

The other question is which distro is going to work the easiest? I have been running Linux exclusively for over a decade on my person computer (Fedora currently) and my phone (PinePhonePro with Debian (well, Mobian anyways)) so I’m very comfortable with Linux in general, but haven’t played with this kind of hardware before so I’m not sure what the limitations will be.

  • cerement@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Reviving Chromebooks with Ubuntu

    • goes the route of using an external drive so you’re not limited by the internal storage of a Chromebook
    • defaults to Ubuntu just because its easy and common
      • if you go Xubuntu or Lubuntu, you shouldn’t have any major problems with performance
    • article more focused on using Chromebook as cheaper, more capable alternative to Raspberry Pi