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Phillip McCleod

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5. that doesn't give me much time to jump on the bandwagon..

Reply to toddaa (Reply #3)

Thu May 9, 2013, 08:42 PM

May 2013

..before he jumps off.

thing about the chromebook is it's just hardware.. don't like the OS? don't like looking at the world through a browser? just install your favorite linux distro on it, instead. anyhow that's my plan.

in my case that will be Arch Linux ARM.
http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/samsung-chromebook

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Chromebook to the rescue - Linus Torvalds [View all] RKP5637 May 2013 OP

well that *settles* it then. if *Linus* says its the shit.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #1

Oooh, another Linus flame coming this summer to a kernel listserv near you toddaa May 2013 #3

that doesn't give me much time to jump on the bandwagon.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #5

Arch Linux !!! toddaa May 2013 #6

hell yeh.. Phillip McCleod May 2013 #7

I'll stay with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It's been real good to me with no hassles... L0oniX May 2013 #2

I run Mint 13 on the systems here, pretty much the same, Ubuntu works RKP5637 May 2013 #4