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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject: Re: The Chromebook Option
Date: 2 Jul 2025 03:54:09 GMT
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2025 00:44:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> Another alternative to running Windows is to get a Chromebook. These are
> purpose-built for many business/educational needs, and because they run
> on a Linux kernel, there is even the option (officially provided by
> Google now, I believe) to put on a regular Linux distro side-by-side
> with the locked-down Chrome OS.

It runs Debian in a container. It's similar to WSL without the choice of 
flavors.