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minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoIt’s not common, but you can find some in really cheap chromebooks going back only a few years and those are prime candidates for Linux.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI’ve never seen one that wasn’t 4 cores ARM is cheap
minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoThey have shitty ARM too, they pull out all the stops on chromebooks. Dual core ARM, new in 2021, its not alone: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chromebook/c203xa/ Intel also still has some celerons they make with dual cores right now.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·24 hours agoGood to know I guess I know what to avoid
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoSince they’re Chromebooks aren’t they already running Linux, with ChromeOS being a very light Gentoo, sort of
It’s not common, but you can find some in really cheap chromebooks going back only a few years and those are prime candidates for Linux.
I’ve never seen one that wasn’t 4 cores
ARM is cheap
They have shitty ARM too, they pull out all the stops on chromebooks.
Dual core ARM, new in 2021, its not alone: https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chromebook/c203xa/
Intel also still has some celerons they make with dual cores right now.
Good to know
I guess I know what to avoid
Since they’re Chromebooks aren’t they already running Linux, with ChromeOS being a very light Gentoo, sort of