I’m in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn’t play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    9·
    1 year ago

    Any chromebook that supports Coreboot. Absolutely unrepairable and very low storage, but good Linux support and coreboot!

    mrchromebox.tech/devices

    • 13617@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      But be aware a ton of features that would work on ChromeOS don’t work, I’ve done this to 4 and all have separate problems

      • Pantherina@feddit.de
        1·
        1 year ago

        Very interesting! I had an Acer Chromebook I couldnt even open up, so I got rid of it as fast as possible.

        Could you share experiences?

        • keyboard layouts, missing buttons
        • what features are missing?
        • anything else thats good to know?