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raptir@lemdro.id 11 months agoAnd when that support period ends… I just install the next Debian release.
When the support period for ChromeOS ends, I’m “officially” out of luck.
I have a 13 year old laptop that runs current Linux distros without a problem.
baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can install Linux on that old Chromebook, same as you can today. I think also CloudReady could be used. Or Chromium is open source so that custom buildsay be feasible just like with custom Android ROMs.
raptir@lemdro.id 11 months ago
Or I could just… buy a laptop that doesn’t have an expiration date.
baronvonj@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yup. My point is simply that with the latest announced support cycle ChromeOS has a longer support cycle than any single Linux distro LTS release I know of, and even when out of support a Chromebook isn’t automatically an ewaste paperweight.
raptir@lemdro.id 11 months ago
But you’re comparing apples and oranges. With a Chromebook, the OS is being updated to a new version every month. You’re comparing a device being able to support a certain number of versions of an OS to an OS receiving application and security updates. It’s a meaningless comparison because a typical laptop running Linux can be upgraded to an arbitrary number of new versions of any Linux distribution.