Castle Robin
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My current laptop from 2011 has Windows drivers that have since corrupted, but I’m thinking of switching to a laptop that has Linux as part of a Chromebook or pre-installed with Linux.
The dilemmas I have are as follows:-
Chromebooks – Everything is reliant upon Apps within a Google account, which is fine, except that I’d need to be sure that all formats are supported, rather than some be “Read Only”. I gather 256 GB is the largest storage capacity for the higher priced Chromebooks;
Also, is Libre Office one of the Apps?;
Is it easy to install Linux?;
What’s the simplest and quickest way to install Linux in a Chromebook?;
Can specifically MX Linux be installed?;
Do Chromebooks require Linux users to Only use the Command Line to run anything in Linux via a Chromebook?
I gather that inserting a pre-installed Linux distro on a USB stick wouldn’t work on a Chromebook, but that USB Sticks, Portable Hard Drives, Mobile Phones and Cameras can be recognized and documents, videos, etc don’t necessarily have to be installed only in the Cloud?
Laptops pre-installed with Linux –
Are there any UK sellers that have laptops pre-installed with Linux?;
Can they be purchased via PayPal?
Does anyone have any positive experiences of buying a pre-installed with Linux laptop online?
In terms of this country, probably only the very large cities like London would have shops that sell laptops pre-installed with Linux, whereas most other areas would be pre-installed with Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac.
Businesses that sell Linux pre-installed, where they advertise that they sell specific Linux distros, and specific versions of Linux (eg MX Linux), are they fixed on which versions they install?, or if a business states it has Linux computers with MX Linux KDE version, would they also install MX Linux XFCE?
I’ve yet to find any UK or overseas businesses that pre-install the XFCE version of MX Linux.
The dilemmas I have are as follows:-
Chromebooks – Everything is reliant upon Apps within a Google account, which is fine, except that I’d need to be sure that all formats are supported, rather than some be “Read Only”. I gather 256 GB is the largest storage capacity for the higher priced Chromebooks;
Also, is Libre Office one of the Apps?;
Is it easy to install Linux?;
What’s the simplest and quickest way to install Linux in a Chromebook?;
Can specifically MX Linux be installed?;
Do Chromebooks require Linux users to Only use the Command Line to run anything in Linux via a Chromebook?
I gather that inserting a pre-installed Linux distro on a USB stick wouldn’t work on a Chromebook, but that USB Sticks, Portable Hard Drives, Mobile Phones and Cameras can be recognized and documents, videos, etc don’t necessarily have to be installed only in the Cloud?
Laptops pre-installed with Linux –
Are there any UK sellers that have laptops pre-installed with Linux?;
Can they be purchased via PayPal?
Does anyone have any positive experiences of buying a pre-installed with Linux laptop online?
In terms of this country, probably only the very large cities like London would have shops that sell laptops pre-installed with Linux, whereas most other areas would be pre-installed with Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac.
Businesses that sell Linux pre-installed, where they advertise that they sell specific Linux distros, and specific versions of Linux (eg MX Linux), are they fixed on which versions they install?, or if a business states it has Linux computers with MX Linux KDE version, would they also install MX Linux XFCE?
I’ve yet to find any UK or overseas businesses that pre-install the XFCE version of MX Linux.
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