[PLUG-TALK] Chromebook as laptop replacement [RESOLVED]
Galen Seitz
galens at seitzassoc.com
Tue Apr 20 14:43:52 UTC 2021
On 4/16/21 11:49 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> writes:
>
> Rich> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>> I'm sure some folks here have experience with various flavors of
>>> chromebooks and I'd appreciate recommendations for a laptop
>>> replacemen.
>
> Rich> As they say in Brooklyn, fuggetaboutit. I checked user reviews on
> Rich> Amazon and ordered a Samsung 14" model.
>
> General info, not specifically for Rich:
>
> 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.
Google has canceled Cloudprint, so local printing is supported. It uses
cups under the covers.
Giving my mom a Chromebook has greatly simplified my life.
BTW, modern Chromebooks can run linux apps. For example, I have run
thunderbird and firefox on mine. If you want to do this, I'd recommend
an i3 or better, as application startup can be quite slow otherwise.
galen
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Galen Seitz
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