A Chromebook's Linux Distro Potential?
by jchris93 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4SVW6)
Hello all,
While fascinated by a new HP 15 Chromebook, gifted to me, I keep using my familiar & only other PC: a "seen better days" Win7 based, 4GB RAM quad-core laptop, running Mint Cinnamon solely.
This new Chromebook: HP model 15-de0021cl, both fascinates and upsets me at the same time.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...H70410942.html
As sleek and 'nifty' as it is, since I first installed Ubuntu as a dual-boot on the old PC years ago, I've really never looked back.
I (at least now) fall under the newbie category, as it's been awhile since I've so much as opened terminal, though I do manage my way around once determined enough. I've had some programming skills -- past tense -- from back in the 1980s, but after opening a couple of compilers more recently (C, Pascal..even BASIC) I realized I may need to re-define newbie.
Is it possible that I've been using Linux for many of the things Chromebooks are intended for?
Enough of my life story. Is this a device that I should just dedicate more time learning, or can I get Cinnamon or anything remotely close up and running on it? I understand this sort of question has been asked, but I am just plain overwhelmed by information.
I suspect that I'm behind the times in just too many of these matters.
I sure would appreciate any insights into this situation.
Thanks!
While fascinated by a new HP 15 Chromebook, gifted to me, I keep using my familiar & only other PC: a "seen better days" Win7 based, 4GB RAM quad-core laptop, running Mint Cinnamon solely.
This new Chromebook: HP model 15-de0021cl, both fascinates and upsets me at the same time.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...H70410942.html
As sleek and 'nifty' as it is, since I first installed Ubuntu as a dual-boot on the old PC years ago, I've really never looked back.
I (at least now) fall under the newbie category, as it's been awhile since I've so much as opened terminal, though I do manage my way around once determined enough. I've had some programming skills -- past tense -- from back in the 1980s, but after opening a couple of compilers more recently (C, Pascal..even BASIC) I realized I may need to re-define newbie.
Is it possible that I've been using Linux for many of the things Chromebooks are intended for?
Enough of my life story. Is this a device that I should just dedicate more time learning, or can I get Cinnamon or anything remotely close up and running on it? I understand this sort of question has been asked, but I am just plain overwhelmed by information.
I suspect that I'm behind the times in just too many of these matters.
I sure would appreciate any insights into this situation.
Thanks!