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wcmagumba

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1. Too bad, a huge waste...The firmware can be replaced...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Thu Sep 21, 2023, 06:44 PM

Sep 2023

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and various versions of Linux OS installed, making perfectly usable laptops for lite web surfing, email and other uses...This is what I have done with all my old chromebooks and I am no expert...

https://mrchromebox.tech/

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Chromebooks are dying fast and creating unnecessary e-waste [View all] bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 OP

Too bad, a huge waste...The firmware can be replaced... wcmagumba Sep 2023 #1

+100 from someone that has 3 Linux computers and 0 Windoze ones. In any case, Chromebooks Wonder Why Sep 2023 #2

Remember a couple of smug young entrepreneurs? canetoad Sep 2023 #3