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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Brace for glitches and GRUB grumbles as Ubuntu 24.04.1 lands
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:26:57 -0000 (UTC)
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On 11 Sep 2024 05:23:54 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> IBM's model was always big iron with dumb terminals, thin clients, or
> whatever you want to call it. Pretty much the entire Chromebook design
> is the same. Desktops are getting to be the same.

I keep wondering about that. The obvious difference is, a Chromebook is 
built around a web browser, which is the single most complex piece of 
software that normal people use on a daily basis. Dumb terminals were 
never like that.