Good Lord, what next? “I switched from Mac to Windows and you can too”?

Might make sense if the Chromebook can be degoogled and set up with a clean Linux distro. Barring that, a regular laptop with Linux may be an option.

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striking 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, it's definitely possible. https://github.com/altreact/archbk shows how you might do this end to end on an older machine and this thread https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=17308 shows some progress in that direction on this particular device.

The real question is if you have enough patience to power through making it work.

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stateofinquiry 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I did switch from MacOS to MS Windows in 2023, after being on MacOS from 2015 (and various Linux distros between about 2000 and 2015; before that, Win98 and earlier versions, so help me God).

I did not think anyone would be interested in reading about any of this, and reading the article reinforces my hypothesis.

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wmichelin 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Framework has always been appealing to me as a Mac competitor

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loloquwowndueo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Same, but they are a bit expensive. I assume if TFA put himself through the pain of a Chromebook in the first place, it’s because cost was a significant factor.

	▲	fragmede an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Even if you can afford a more expensive laptop, there's just something about knowing you can hit Best buy and just grab a $300 laptop and be back at it, if anything happens to your laptop while you're out and about in the world.

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tverbeure 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If I could choose only 1 criterium to select a laptop, it's the quality of the trackpad. So far, I haven't tried anything that comes close to a Macbook.

	▲	loloquwowndueo 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		*criterion. criterium is not even a typo, it’s an actual word but it doesn’t mean what you think it means, unless you’re planning to use your laptop while bicycling.