for those who dont know, crostini is a feature available for chromeos that lets you install a debian container and has a cute terminal and lets you install linux software (can be from flathub, github, etc!!! woa!!). i love it so much and use it daily for programming python on my chromebook and crostini is what i mean when i say that google loves open source and linux, they know debian is the greatest and they use gentoo to make chromeos
I wouldn’t buy a Chromebook, but at least they let you use non web apps on it.
I still don’t get why every Chromebook has a preset expiration date for when it will stop getting updates. That really seems like a great way to make lots of ewaste. Especially since they lock down the bootloader so well.
They don’t care about e-waste; they care about money. And of course, you can sell a lot more bargain basement laptops if they have an expiration date.
But at that point as much as I hate to say it you’re probably better off with a cheap windows laptop.
As at least you can get updates till the hardware no longer supports it.
That’s a lot less wasteful then making something and planning when it won’t work anymore.