Linux microblog update:
My first "putting Linux on an obscenely cheap Chromebook" experiment has ended.
The score:
Linux Mint: Worked perfectly.
Cheap-o refurbished Dell Hardware keyboard: crapped out.
To prove I have learned my lesson, I am now putting Debian Linux with KDE Plasma on a cheap Chromebook.
In the end, I got about six months of quick stable all purpose computing for less than the price of a really good meal at my favorite burger place.
In my heart, I put the whole experiment into the "try not to repeat" column, because it feels bad to have bought a PC that only lasted 6 months, even if I did save it from the trash heap.
I won't just toss the old one out, it can still be useful as a headless machine, or docked.
