[PLUG-TALK] Chromebook as laptop replacement [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, Russell Senior wrote:

> One thing I didn't like about chromebooks, once upon a time, was no local
> printing. You needed to send all your print jobs through google, to a
> registered local-but-also-connected-to-google printer. I don't know if
> that's still the case. It made me not want to print anything.

Russell,

That's interesting. Because the chromebook user is not on the LAN she sends
the few things she wants printed as email attachments and I print them for
her.

> I ended up putting GalliumOS on two chromebooks we have, which gives you a
> real linux experience on chromebook hardware, albeit with pretty limited
> local storage (but enough for their intended purpose) and a slightly
> strange (but learnable) keyboard. Chromebooks are not universally
> supported by GalliumOS, so check support if you are interested in going
> that route.

The unit is a Samsung XE350XBA-K01US Chromebook; I'll look at the Gallium
web site and see if it's supported.

Thanks for the insights!

Rich