I was given a dell chromebook for free, decided to see if it could make a decent netbook style PC for basic tasks.Especially since the keyboard is rather nice for a chicklet style.Boy was I fucking wrong. tl;dr>it is insane to demand an always on internet connection on a portable device >it is insane to limit an otherwise fully functioning computer to 16 gigs of eMMC non upgradable in any way storage>they made an entire computer specifically to be chucked in a landfillFirst off chromeOS is fucking unusable dogshit. On what fucking planet do you have a wifi connection 24/7? You can't even setup the OS without internet. Why? This is a device with a battery. They really couldn't consider someone using this thing in a remote place with no internet?Thankfully on this model you can coreboot it pretty easily by just unplugging the battery which disables write protection on the moboThe biggest issue is storage4gigs of ram is painful but usable on linux so its fine that its soldered i guess But why the FUCK is there a SINGLE STORAGE OPTION and its only 16 fucking gigs of dogshit eMMC storage???You can't even cope by installing the OS to the emmc and having an SD card for storage. Would it have fucking killed them to just put in an SD slot?There's also a SINGLE usb A port so if you have a mouse plugged in you can't even use a flash drive as storage. You can't even solder a bigger emmc module since its apparently proprietary. Why?? I barely have 8 gigs left with a minimal arch install and xfeces. with only 4 gigs of ram you basically NEED swap or zram to use a browser so it makes everything even worse. What the fuck am I expected to do, carry fucking USB dock? Doesn't that kill the whole point of an ultraportable 11in laptop?It can pretty easily get 7+ hours of battery on linux so ill keep trying to trad wrangle it but damn.
>>107619793Just get a used MBA M1.
>>107619793Chromebooks, as name imply were designed to use ChromeOS system, which heavily rely on the power of Cloud Computing™. They have only 16GB of space because they were designed with only Internet browsing in mind.Next time make basic ass research before buying garbage and crying on 4chan, lmao.
>>107619793It's web terminal not stand alone computer.
>>107619828>buyingHe literally states in the first line that he got it for free
is it true you cant use the computer at all without internet
>>107619851linux is fine obviously but chromeos needs a connection for everything apparently they started locking the motherboard down after 2020 so i guess I lucked out since this was easy to flash
>>107619842>>107619828so why does it have a full x86 CPU and other than the very limited storage an IO is a full computer? You shouldn't be allowed to deliberately make e-waste. I have enough microplastics in my balls, willing to bet at least 2% of it is fucking chromebooks.
>>107619793Don't think of it as a computer, it's an internet appliance for old people to browse facebook, read news and reply to emails.
>>107619878>>107619793Why would you just lie on the internet wtf
>>107619793keyword>free
>>107619988you retarded fucking pAIjeet even your faggot chatbot admits it in the last sentence
>>107619972it's advertised as a laptop.
>>107620069If we're charitable it's aspirational marketing, or straight up false advertising.
>>107620140>false advertisingWhat are you gonna do about it goy? piss your pants?Connect to wifi and enter the verification code we texted you bitch
