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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux on a Chromebook, my favorite way | Veronica Explains (tinkerbetter.tube)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

            
              can also use them as an alternative to Raspberry Pis
if you can work with tight limitations, you can go down to $30 or less
schools tend to be trying to get rid of palettes of the things because of Google’s policy of end-of-lifing the things after only a couple years

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I’d love to know where to get a palette of them

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If you're in the USA or Canada, take a look at https://www.govdeals.com/. A lot of government agencies auction off their old equipment on that site, including public school districts.

If you're lucky, pallets of 150 Chromebooks or other lower-end laptops can be had for $1000-2000 ($6-$13 each) plus taxes and fees. You have to arrange your own pickup though - none of the auctions offer delivery.

Not guaranteed to be in perfect condition of course - they were used in a school after all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I saw the category “Tanks” and got excited…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

a previous how-to (Reviving Chromebooks with Ubuntu) mentioned just talking to the IT contact for your local school
without going into a whole palette, search eBay for: chromebook lot of – people selling anything from lots of 4 to lots of 15, generally averaging $20 each (pretty much guaranteed to be expired, would check models against Chrultrabook for usability)