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depends on what you expect of it. if all they do is doable in a browser or within google play store, then yeah it can be a daily.In relative terms, for an older persons daily driver. Is Chrome OS usable if they are currently operating W10 on a socket 775 USFF system?
forgot about that part too. look at the update length, they usually top out at ~5yrs.replacing the hardware that works just because updates end, it's decent.
Hardware compatibility can be a pain, but when it works it's much better than Chrome is.ChromeOS is just a Linux distro with a Google's DE and a limited lifespan. Honestly? You could get better results using a well packaged Linux distro without the forced obsolescence.
Hardware compatibility is a problem under all operating systems, there's plenty of outstanding sound cards, fingerprint readers and even printers that no longer work under Windows 10. Avoid any network adapter made by Realtek and you'll be fine, even then chances are the Realtek device will work, it just won't work well.Hardware compatibility can be a pain, but when it works it's much better than Chrome is.
They are all over Amazon, at least on the Canadian site. I got one for Christmas from Canakit that comes with a case/sd card/adapter to write to the SD card from Windows/ usb c power brick and a few other odds and ends. Pretty cool little gadget. Works just as well as anything else when you're just browsing around.I can't find a Pi 4 in stock anywhere, but that is where I really wanted to look. I was actually thinking of hacking a cheap Chromebox to install linux on if Chromeos itself sucked. I used to be big into linux but faded away. Her computer used to run SUSE until she wanted a couple games, which are no longer played.. But the fan on the machine is starting to whine and it's a Dell 760 USFF so it has an external 360w ( I think ) that is always on. I did upgrade it. I think it has 8gb ram now, a cheap SSD and the fastest processor that it supports. E8600 If I remember right. 3.0 ghz dual core. Pretty good for a machine manufactured in 2008
It has a definate use case. That just doesn't align with most users of this forum. Unlike removing eMMC write protection and installing Linux.I think ChromeOS for a daily driver for someone who just web browses is a great idea. Less surface area to attack. Setup Google so Christmas letters stay in Google Docs so they never lose anything if you have to reload the box.
This is what I was thinking about. I just ordered a cheap Chromebook after looking for a cheap tablet to use in my garage for YouTube repair watching. So I can show my mom what it is. But the hardware itselfmight be the best part. With something like an old ChromeboxIt has a definate use case. That just doesn't align with most users of this forum. Unlike removing eMMC write protection and installing Linux.
I thought we were talking about a S775 USFF system? I stated running Linux full time on such a system and didn't have the slightest problem. Drivers are no more of a problem under Linux than they are under WIndows, in fact considering a S775 system, the average packaged Linux distro would support it just fine.I'm not going to argue Linux vs. anything, but hardware compatibility is much more difficult in Linux. Especially in tablets and two in one's.
Yeah, in not familiar with that system, so you're likely correct. Only added my own similar experience with similar Gear. Not making any argument or disagreement.I thought we were talking about a S775 USFF system? I stated running Linux full time on such a system and didn't have the slightest problem. Drivers are no more of a problem under Linux than they are under WIndows, in fact considering a S775 system, the average packaged Linux distro would support it just fine.
I'm about 50-50 with Linux out of the box. 90% after tweaking. Desktop hardware is 100% for me.I've set up a vast number of Linux systems, granted without touchscreens, and I've never had a problem with drivers
I do as well, but generally I can fix whatever from inside WindowsI use Linux live installs to diagnose issues with Windows systems and I never have a problem with drivers.
The kernels often have broken drivers baked in. The Intel sound in my baytrail system has been a pain in that regard. You can spend days swapping kernels looking for one that works.Literally everything is included in the kernel, you don't have to install anything in most cases.
Only Realtek drivers, because they're reverse engineered Windows drivers made by the Linux community as Realtek's Linux support sucks. I've experienced Realtek sound driver issues under Windows, at one point in time it was a massive problem.The kernels often have broken drivers baked in. The Intel sound in my baytrail system has been a pain in that regard. You can spend days swapping kernels looking for one that works.
Intel sound chip. Not realtek.Only Realtek drivers, because they're reverse engineered Windows drivers made by the Linux community as Realtek's Linux support sucks. I've experienced Realtek sound driver issues under Windows, at one point in time it was a massive problem.
As stated, No OS is ammune to driver issues. Just look at Apple, they can't run current Nvidia hardware period.
I showed my Chromebook to my mom, and it's too different for her... So the old Dell will live on longer
When I first decided to give Linux a go, I didn't bother with VM's. I bought an old Dell Optiplex from a swap meet for $70.00 with bulging caps around it's S775 socket, stuffed a Q6600 in there as well as an SSD and 4GB of RAM and ran it like that for years - I was so impressed with Linux it became my daily driver as my Windows 10 PC faded into obscurity.
Eventually those caps did fail completely, I could have replaced them but I decided to upgrade to a newer Dell Workstation with dual Xeons and 48GB of ram. But mark my words, I flogged that little Dell day in, day out and it never missed a beat right up until those caps leaked dry.
Furthermore, it actually performed really well. I ran an Nvidia GT210 2GB GPU and it played games pretty damn well at 720p.
I've still got my Q6600, it was one hell of an overclocker in the day.I got the Optiplex 760 probably 10 years ago when I was buying and selling a few PC's at a time. It was a core 2 system when the core I series had just launched. I think I paid $40 for it No OS.. I updated the bios and installed Win 7 on it originally using a Win 7 Dell disc. Then I asked my mom if she wanted it, as it was a USFF, I could not upgrade it much. SUSE linux went on, but later she went to Windows 7 and then 10 again. Now it has a cheap SSD, maxed Ram and I think the E8600 processor. Fast as it will go. The USFF will not work with quads, even though I do have a 775 quad left. I can't remember what one though.