The group will miss you if you leave, Ted. I know I would (even though I haven't been very regular about meetings, and I'll have to miss this week's since I have company visiting). Maybe you can still drop in occasionally? Very cool to hear you can install a real Linux on student Chromebooks! I didn't know you could overwrite the BIOS on those. ...Akkana Ted Pomeroy writes:
NMGLUGers, I think it is time for me to resign my active membership in the GLUG. Although I keep computing, I am no longer breaking new ground and not interested in being the hobbyist I once was. Oddly though, I am still doing some things. I am writing this on Xubuntu, Gnu/Linux installed on a former student 11 inch Chromebook(tm). The conversion removed all of the former OS after borrowing a script to rewrite the boot system with SeaBios or one of the other Coreboot varieties. Instructions are found at MrChromebox dot tech or other pages on the 'net. No major glitches, no major issues. I am limited by the emmc chip on the board - 16 Gb, but it works. Nice to have a really functional terminal and man pages and such. As well as the freedom to choose my applications and modifications. Used student C-books are cheap because the support for each hardware is only 4 years. A real waste of resources and trash producer for the landfill. I may try to be present at this weeks meeting, I will have nothing to turn in and the recent discussions have gone beyond my level of activity, but it is fun to listen. Be well, Thank you, Ted P.
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