Comment on Google Intros Chromebook Plus Devices With More Power, Apps and AI for $399
baronvonj@lemmy.world 9 months agoThe original assertion was that a Chromebook becomes useless ewaste when the software updates stop. But as of today Chromeos gets software updates for longer than any Linux distro major release (10 years ChromeOS vs 5 years for Linux). You can install Linux on that Chromebook after Google stops supporting it just the same as the Windows laptop after Dell stops supporting it. And there’s CloudReady and Chromium. Theyre not ewaste without Google updates, you have options.
GigglyBobble@kbin.social 9 months ago
But contrary to Linux or even Windows (unless they pull some hardware requirement shit again) you need to switch to another OS and not simply do a release upgrade.