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    sub68 reacted to Lightwreather in Blogging section   
    It is not.
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    sub68 reacted to LogicalDrm in Blogging section   
    Only change would be moving it always visible on the top row on desktop vs having it under More-menu. On mobile it's always visible when menu is open.
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    sub68 reacted to 8tg in Blogging section   
    I think making this more visible would be useful because I was not aware anything like this existed, and judging by the post frequency, I don’t think many other people are aware either.
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    sub68 reacted to Skiiwee29 in Blogging section   
    There is: https://linustechtips.com/blogs/
     
    EDIT: can be found under the more section of the top tab:
     

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    sub68 reacted to LMGcommunity in I’ve gotta get out of this contract   
    Here you go.
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    sub68 got a reaction from Seif Tech Hub in I’ve gotta get out of this contract   
    Yep
    https://www.deviantart.com/matsumayu/art/Bulbasaur-from-Pokemon-Minimalist-501102190
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    sub68 reacted to ToboRobot in I’ve gotta get out of this contract   
    What a fun build! 
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    sub68 reacted to Sveeno in I’ve gotta get out of this contract   
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    sub68 got a reaction from soldier_ph in one of the threads of all time   
    Good afternoon
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    sub68 got a reaction from IgniVellex in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    I know most people will not like my take but hey I am someone that is a student and troubleshoots with these everyday
     
    (I dont use one any more I use a macbook air from 2017 lol) while intouch with IT school around my area.
    Background: my district lets you bring your own device from 6th grade. (the windows laptop I had back than sucked) they had 11in macbook airs (original education spec). still have macbooks for certain arts courses, lab computers lenovo desktops, but most are chromebooks.
     
    The district has 23 IT techs within that around 8 sys admin and network admin around 9 are building technicians (district runs like 15 buildings) rest arent enough trained for running a server). This is the most for a district around me and still they are swamped with work that isnt chromebook related. higher more people for school IT, we wish, but education type is a very high turn over rate.
     
    Google claims they dont track data, but not 3rd party apps.
    Should there be a more security conscious service like google education? probably yeah but there isnt any polish ones on the market that would run without hitches and no with almost zero maintenance.
    Another problem google doesnt support a device when its more than say 5 years old so at somepoint its just ewaste.
     
    Schools get really good discounts on this like a device is like half off, but also get grants to further more it.
    School dependent, but security operation of a average district sometimes they dont have the man power to run wifi services for it.
    Yeah school has changed alot, like the TI83 changed the education sector so has chromebooks everything is a electronic.
    Only like math is on paper.
    Yeah? its still expensive as heck for a district to buy mass quantities comparble also chrome os doesnt need a lot to run.
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    sub68 got a reaction from IgniVellex in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    Laughs in using 32gb storage lenovo school chromebooks.
    The only main storage problem is like photos/screenshots is the biggest, the OS takes like 4gb.
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    sub68 got a reaction from soldier_ph in one of the threads of all time   
    good morning people
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    sub68 got a reaction from Lightwreather in one of the threads of all time   
    good morning people
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    sub68 reacted to WhitetailAni in one of the threads of all time   
    Big things happening in my science class today

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    sub68 reacted to Tideroo in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    Yea, that's the point I was bringing up. I bought it with the idea of installing a lightweight linux distro on it, if I was stuck with ChromeOS I would never have bought this laptop (that I honestly enjoy a lot) in the first place.
     
     
    Like Skipple said above, I've never really been the target consumer because of the cloud services that I simply never use. Chromebooks aren't very practical as a personal laptop IMO, but for a school or a company it definitely has its use (especially if they already use a lot of the feature google already offers). It's simply a case-by-case situation and yep it's ultimately very subjective as it depends on each user need. I never tried to discredit this, I just got a bit too biased with my personal preferences I think. Apologies for it !
     
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    sub68 got a reaction from Tideroo in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    I see your problem.
    Tbf when I edit I am stationary.
    I feel your case is kinda a edge case, but its due to me working in a area with mostly people using cloud services. but yeah storage I feel is subjective on what you need. I own like 3tb in raw HDD for cold storage of photos. I have around a terabyte in my main machine. basically I separate my machine into what does what.
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    sub68 reacted to Yone in Show off Your Setup! (Rev.2)   
    My setup in 2022 vs. my setup now. I've made a few upgrades the last two years.  (Something something glowup something something)
     
    2022

    Dell Inspiron 15z (2013?): i5-3337U, Intel Iris Plus, 6 GB RAM
     
    MacBook Air 13 (2020) (work laptop)
     
    Mouse: Logitech M325S
    Mouse pad: One I got for free probably around 10 years before this pic was taken (I know, eew)
    Phone: iPhone SE 2020 (for a while, this was the newest and nicest piece of tech I owned...) 
    Earphones: Phillips (SHE3590?)
    Headphones: Sony MDR-XB950B1 (not pictured)
    "Desk": my parents' former dining room table
    Chair: one I got for free from a friend who was moving (not pictured)
     
    Jokes aside, I'm actually proud of keeping this cheap bastard frugal setup as long as it met my needs.
     
     
    2024

    Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 (2023): saying this is the best computer I've ever owned by far, still isn't doing it justice (though I've had it for less than a week)
    i7-13620H
    16 GB DDR4 RAM
    RTX 4060
     
    MacBook Pro 13 (2020) (work laptop, not pictured): I inherited it from my former supervisor, since my new supervisor wanted Windows, luckily for me
     
    Monitor: Asus VA24EQSB
    Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3s
    Mouse 2: Logitech M720 (not pictured)
    Mouse pad: Logitech desk pad
    Keyboard: Powzan KB770
    Phone: same iPhone (not pictured because I used it to take the picture)
    Earphones 1: Moondrop Chu II
    Earphones 2: Final E1000C (not pictured): researching earphones to buy led me down the IEM rabbit hole, but I stopped myself after only getting 2 inexpensive pairs
    Headphones: same ones (still not pictured)
    "Desk": still my parent's former dining room table
    Chair: a basic office chair, was more comfortable than the ergonomic and gaming chairs I tried (not pictured)
    PAD controller: Akai LPD8 MK2 (an awesome gift that I still need to learn how to really use)
    My magnet board got an upgrade too.
     


  20. Agree
    sub68 reacted to Skipple in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    The point is that the entire purpose of these laptops its to store data in the cloud, not locally, and when you need additional space, purchase it from Google on a per month basis. 
  21. Agree
    sub68 got a reaction from Tideroo in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    I know most people will not like my take but hey I am someone that is a student and troubleshoots with these everyday
     
    (I dont use one any more I use a macbook air from 2017 lol) while intouch with IT school around my area.
    Background: my district lets you bring your own device from 6th grade. (the windows laptop I had back than sucked) they had 11in macbook airs (original education spec). still have macbooks for certain arts courses, lab computers lenovo desktops, but most are chromebooks.
     
    The district has 23 IT techs within that around 8 sys admin and network admin around 9 are building technicians (district runs like 15 buildings) rest arent enough trained for running a server). This is the most for a district around me and still they are swamped with work that isnt chromebook related. higher more people for school IT, we wish, but education type is a very high turn over rate.
     
    Google claims they dont track data, but not 3rd party apps.
    Should there be a more security conscious service like google education? probably yeah but there isnt any polish ones on the market that would run without hitches and no with almost zero maintenance.
    Another problem google doesnt support a device when its more than say 5 years old so at somepoint its just ewaste.
     
    Schools get really good discounts on this like a device is like half off, but also get grants to further more it.
    School dependent, but security operation of a average district sometimes they dont have the man power to run wifi services for it.
    Yeah school has changed alot, like the TI83 changed the education sector so has chromebooks everything is a electronic.
    Only like math is on paper.
    Yeah? its still expensive as heck for a district to buy mass quantities comparble also chrome os doesnt need a lot to run.
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    sub68 reacted to Uttamattamakin in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    Ideally since chromebooks do not need to pay for a Windows license that is money that can either be saved OR used to put more into the hardware. 

    Plus at this point Chromebooks can run Linux software, Android apps, and enterprise ones even run Windows in a VM.  
    FWIW if there was this product for standard Linux I'd get it.   It could perhaps take advantage of KVM and all the work that the open source community has put in to make a really good coherent experience. 

    Basically Chrome has Linux's super power of being able to glue every other OS together and run whatever you want. 
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    sub68 got a reaction from Uttamattamakin in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    I have worked it too. I am in special ed and tought other classmates that were in different places.
    Usally it clicks within half a hour. But basically you need a OS were its up front and easy to access common stuff.
    oh, still windows is intreasting to run for education I have seen it but it gets janky.
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    sub68 reacted to Brian McKee in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    Why are we moving the goal posts? So ChromeOS is an OS for special needs? Not to mention even that is a poor generalization as if other operating systems are simply too hard for someone who has special needs lol. I don't get this reply, ask a special needs kid how to install a game on ChromeOS, I'm sure he'd have a good time.
    I mean yeah, Windows is absolutely becoming dystopian. Don't think I argued otherwise. However Windows at least isn't offering meager support and essentially making good hardware into e-waste for the layperson.
     
    I wouldn't either, just saying that even what is considered an advanced OS like Debian would be very easy to grasp for most people at a basic level. A more polished experience like Ubuntu would be very easy indeed.
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    sub68 reacted to Uttamattamakin in Stop Calling these “Chromebooks”   
    I don't think that's moving the goalpost.  To say an OS is ready for desktop use in general then it has to be able to accommodate anyone who can recognize an icon and click it.    It needs to be at least as accommodating as a general website is if not more so.   Plus in a school classroom with kids from age 7 to 14 one does not need to be asking them to fix a problem by typing.  

    Sudo apt install curl wget gcc g++ make
    bzip -x latestlinuxkernel.tar.bz
    make x config and compile their kernel with the correct wifi driver. 
     
    FWIW you are 100% right about all the dystopian data collection that goes on in the operating systems now.  All the commercial OS's are basically a way to pipe ads to us and gather telemetry on what we have been doing. 
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