[ale] Ot: chromebook

[Rev. Johnny Healey]

I have an Acer C720 chromebook. I was able to load debian on it, but the
installation was far from easy.

The touchpad support was spotty on the kernel that shipped with Wheezy. I
had to compile a later kernel to get it to work reliably.

The BIOS that it ships with boots to a screen that will wipe the drive if
you press the wrong key. There's an alternate BIOS available on the web,
but installing it requires disassembling the unit to remove a write
protection screw. This voids the warranty.

That being said, the laptop is light and gets great battery life. Just do
your research before picking one of these up.

-Johnny


On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>
wrote:

> I guess that would be this Acer. Also available online at that price till
> tomorrow (8/22).
>
> http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/814044/Acer-Chromebook-11-With-116-HD/
>
> Have any of you had good luck loading regular Linux distros like Ubuntu,
> Fedora, or openSUSE, on these things?
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 1:21:43 PM
> Subject: [ale] Ot: chromebook
>
> I'm in Office Depot on N druid hills and noticed they have chromebooks for
> $129. Is not on the shelf probably has gone fast. Check your local store.
>
>
> Not an advertisement :)
>
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