[TriLUG] [Tri OFFLIST LUG] Laptop recommendations

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

The last time I laughed so hard at absurd repetition was the campfire
fart scene in Blazing Saddles. Or maybe the Ferris Wheel barf scene in
Problem Child 2.

Well done, and thanks for the laugh.

Steve


On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:04:22 -0500
Thomas Delrue via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Forgive my snarkiness but... (all in good humor, not trying to bash
> you :) )
> 
> 
> On 02/19/2017 11:05 AM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG wrote:
> > That is a lot of money for what basically a chrome book can do,
> > which at its core is gentoo linux.  
> 
> As stated (relatively clearly) in the original mail, chromebooks are
> NOT an option.
> 
> > I consider for most cases a chromebook to be one of the best linux 
> > laptops you can buy, for any money.  
> 
> As stated (relatively clearly) in the original mail, chromebooks are
> NOT an option.
> 
> > If you need more than what chromeos offers then you can put it in
> > developer mode and use crouton to install linux along side chromeos.
> > If you do plan to do that I would recommend avoiding the ARM based
> > chromebooks.  
> 
> As stated (relatively clearly) in the original mail, chromebooks are
> NOT an option.
> 
> > Still with chromebooks (not all yet) supporting android
> > apps as well as chromeos and the crouton linux install option they
> > are pretty much a very powerful platform for just about anything you
> > can imagine.  
> 
> As stated (relatively clearly) in the original mail, chromebooks are
> NOT an option.
> 
> > I am on my second chromebook of 3 in this house.  I am typing to you
> >  from it on an Acer R11.  It has android app support, and right now 
> > typing this from within the ubuntu trusty chroot in qtile and opera.
> >  But for testament of power I have used chromebooks with the crouton
> >  chroot to run realtime audio synthesis and dj mixes from stage.  Do
> >  not under estimate what can be done with a chromebook.  And because
> >  it is already a linux based machine all the hardware pretty much 
> > works from within the chroot.  And yes you could run a full blown 
> > unity setup if you wish.  
> 
> This is all great, but as stated (relatively clearly) in the original
> mail, chromebooks are NOT an option.
> 
> > Caveats on distro, crouton is pretty much debian or ubuntu based 
> > distro install only.  And if you want touch screen support at
> > present it is ubuntu based only.  
> 
> As stated (relatively clearly) in the original mail, chromebooks are
> NOT an option.