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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:12:33 +0000 Subject: Re: The Chromebook Option Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.comp.os.windows-11 References: <1041vcu$34nju$1@dont-email.me> <10424s0$1ireh$1@solani.org> <104287u$1isdc$2@solani.org> From: % Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 06:12:24 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <104287u$1isdc$2@solani.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 250702-4, 2025-7-2), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: <07ycnQU7cKfcrfj1nZ2dnZfqn_sAAAAA@giganews.com> Lines: 37 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-zDOBzWq3CwvjumC3vK5FRTNxpaeT1FSy93u+bYD/k/ys1e8OONkyQ79o7e91tzxxf3BTNvMQkqvrWzF!L9CBaz7JQp9KfPP8TmKsOGO7F2/4DAUkvn9mpV/vaxAhj4VNA01JOvxZTH2xaEkUHSkG9Ed1MIz3 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Not Necessary wrote: > On 02/07/25 8:36 am, % wrote: >> Not Necessary wrote: >>> On 02/07/25 6:14 am, 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. >>>> >>>> This review >>>> >>> replaced-my-windows-laptop-for-work-and-i-cant-go-back/> >>>> is interesting not just because the title says they are so impressed >>>> they can’t be bothered going back to Windows, but also note that the >>>> laptop in question is running an ARM chip. >>>> >>>> Now, the claim that this is “the first ARM chip to appear in a >>>> Chromebook” is wrong, I’m pretty sure. I recall some ARM-based >>>> offerings in the early days of ChromeOS, which I think disappeared >>>> because they didn’t (at the time) offer any compelling advantage over >>>> x86-based machines. >>>> >>>> Note also that this ARM chip is from one of the dozens (hundreds?) of >>>> ARM chip makers that are not Qualcomm. These chips run Linux fine, but >>>> as for Windows-on-ARM, I wouldn’t waste my time. >>> >>> Except for Android app integration, Chrome OS offers no significant >>> benefit over a mainstream Linux distribution like Fedora or Mint. >>> >> yes it does > > How is using browser-only OS, especially one built and locked down by an > advertising company such as Google who openly steals your data is better > than using an open-ended Linux distribution? > it's better to throw the computer out the window