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Wonder Why

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

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 21, 2023, 08:28 PM

Sep 2023

are just personal info stealers from the get go unless you put Linux on before the first boot.

On all my computers, I back up the Windoze offline using Clonezilla before booting it then I overwrite the disk with Linux.

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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