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UncleEntity on May 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: AMD doubles the number of CPU cores it offers to C...

Can you use it for ‘regular’ computer stuff like compile python modules or run random binaries?

I had a cheap ChromeBook I used for quite a while, basically until the battery gave out and it turned into a desktop machine, but chromeOS was pretty limited back then so I just threw fedora on it. Almost all my Blender dev work was on that poor little underpowered thing…

lann on May 7, 2022 [–]

Yes, on most[1] hardware: https://chromeos.dev/en/linux

[1] Released since 2019 plus these: https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chro...

jeffbee on May 7, 2022 | [–]

Yep, and it's incredibly easy to install. You just tap one button in the settings and wait a moment.

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