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what do linuxers think of crostini?? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by 01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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for those who dont know, crostini is a feature available for chromeos that lets you install a debian container and has a cute terminal and lets you install linux software (can be from flathub, github, etc!!! woa!!). i love it so much and use it daily for programming python on my chromebook and crostini is what i mean when i say that google loves open source and linux, they know debian is the greatest and they use gentoo to make chromeos

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[–] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 1 points 11 months ago

But at that point as much as I hate to say it you're probably better off with a cheap windows laptop.

As at least you can get updates till the hardware no longer supports it.

That's a lot less wasteful then making something and planning when it won't work anymore.