<div dir="ltr">Chromebooks are certainly an interesting option. I've got one that my mum uses quite effectively, and one that I use personally. Initially I had unlocked it and set up GalliumOS in a dual-boot-ish configuration, after dabbling with Crouton...<div><br>I can no longer recommend GalliumOS or Crouton, however, as in my mind it's better to keep the security of the Chromebook intact. There's a great guide on how to get a fully functional Linux install without unlocking <a href="https://blog.lessonslearned.org/building-a-more-secure-development-chromebook/">here</a>.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:35 AM, Onno Benschop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:onno@itmaze.com.au" target="_blank">onno@itmaze.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">One family of devices I did not see mentioned in this thread is a Chromebook.<div><ul><li><a href="https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/SearchDisplay?searchTerm=chromebook" target="_blank">https://www.officeworks.com.<wbr>au/shop/SearchDisplay?<wbr>searchTerm=chromebook</a><br></li><li><a href="https://www.jbhifi.com.au/?q=chromebook" target="_blank">https://www.jbhifi.com.au/?q=<wbr>chromebook</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 February 2018 at 08:17, Marco Dorfliger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:choppus@gmail.com" target="_blank">choppus@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi folks,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for all of the insightful advice. After some painstaking deliberation <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(geez, these decisions are really hard)</span>
I bit the bullet and paid Microsoft their monopoly tax. Meh. Now just to wait for my new toy to arrive.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><span class="m_-7410172903360088941HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Marco</div></font></span></div><div class="m_-7410172903360088941HOEnZb"><div class="m_-7410172903360088941h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 January 2018 at 21:58, byron ester <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:byronester@gmail.com" target="_blank">byronester@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Ok. So I'm late to the conversation. Whoops :)<div dir="auto">I was just reading the Ubuntu homepage and noticed this.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/retail" target="_blank">https://partners.ubuntu.com/pr<wbr>ogrammes/retail</a><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">from my Nexus 7 Tablet</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-7410172903360088941m_-4562759891957646403h5">On 26 Jan 2018 2:56 PM, "Marco Dorfliger" <<a href="mailto:choppus@gmail.com" target="_blank">choppus@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-7410172903360088941m_-4562759891957646403h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I'm a recent arrival to Perth, and I'm looking to buy a linux laptop (without the windows-tax). Where do you guys source your hardware?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Marco</div><div><br></div><div>(P.S. sorry if this has been asked before - the archives are all gzipped, and the search doesn't work it)</div><div><br></div><div>(P.P.S happy Australia day!)</div></div>
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