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arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkChromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Wastewww.wsj.com@[email protected]MB to Hacker [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@GingerlegslinkEnglish4•1 year agoI’ve had two now. They last about 3 years for updates. Then slowly become obsolete
minus-square@AudbollinkEnglish2•1 year agoObsolete? I have 5 year old Chromebooks I use daily and those are untouched. The windows 11 ones I use more obviously. Easy to do and makes them infinitely more useful
minus-square@GingerlegslinkEnglish1•1 year agoInteresting, I have one from 2018 that’s on the last OS update ☹️
minus-square@AudbollinkEnglish-2•1 year agoYeah they don’t get OS updates forever. Doesn’t make them any less useful though
I’ve had two now. They last about 3 years for updates. Then slowly become obsolete
Install fedora on them
I wasn’t aware of this, thank you
Obsolete? I have 5 year old Chromebooks I use daily and those are untouched. The windows 11 ones I use more obviously. Easy to do and makes them infinitely more useful
Interesting, I have one from 2018 that’s on the last OS update ☹️
Yeah they don’t get OS updates forever. Doesn’t make them any less useful though