To follow through Mastodon/Calckey/Firefish/etc, search for this in your instance:

@thelinuxexperiment_channel@tilvids.com

I’m biased, you could find a Chromebook that fits your requirements (+ chrultrabook requirements) and then wipe ChromeOS and replace it w/ pure Linux. You won’t waste money on hard drive, RAM or CPU but you can get a more modernized-looking unit w/ 2 USB-C ports.

sick burn bro

Hard to feel sorry for anyone actively putting money in Tesla/Musk’s pocket @ this point

This was yesterday: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a35kp/scientists-have-reported-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-whale-language

Should pivot to Aurora Store anyways

I just did some digging on Best Buy and Amazon for sales, but mostly came across larger models or models that were MediaTek/Snapdragon (the chrultrabook team almost exclusively works on intel devices).

I’d say your best bet is to go to the supported devices list, and Ctrl + F for ‘13’ or ‘11’ to highlight the smaller-sized chromebooks and then check to see what’s available, or to jump in the Discord and pose the question to those in the linux channel

As of next month, I’ve been using Chromebooks for 10 years however I also came to the same conclusion re: Google/ChromeOS over the summer.

Initially, I bought a Windows laptop but the keyboard layout (specifically the function keys) felt absolutely foreign, even after I wiped it and installed Debian. In retrospect, my theory is that a $500 Chromebook has worse internals but a much better keyboard/trackpad than a Windows equivalent, and that the keyboard layout is more user-friendly in a browser-first world. Eventually, I went back to my Chromebook but with a twist.

I’m biased, but since you seem like you know your way around Linux and tinkering, one suggestion that hasn’t been mentioned is that you buy a new Chromebook and turn it into a Chrultrabook (aka a Chromebook w/ ChromeOS completely wiped & replaced w/ Linux).

I’ve been running one of the last few months and it’s been an overall pleasant experience. Perhaps most important for me is that the tutorial includes keyd to reprogram the keyboard shortcuts to mirror the Chromebook layout. The community is growing and responsive, especially on the Linux side.

Documentation website

Supported Chromebooks

Helpful Discord Chat

Brand new Forum that is still being built

I didn’t have a horse in the race when I was looking to self-host git, but I quickly backed Forgejo when the news came out re: Gitea

“Decisions went from being made for the benefit of users, to the benefit of Google, to the benefit of whoever was making the decision,”

That’s a bar.

This guy Arches

I understand your concern, this is actually why I dropped Ecosia (because they got closer to Microsoft)

It’s worth mentioning that DDG has since distanced themselves from Microsoft after the blow back, so while Ecosia got closer, DDG (AFAIK from the documentation I read) no longer has any partnerships in place. I don’t get paid either way, so it doesn’t matter to me but just FYI

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/05/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-scripts/

https://spreadprivacy.com/more-privacy-and-transparency/

yeah you’re right. The DDG Android browser has been my default up until now

I went down the rabbit hole of an open source replacement for notion earlier today randomly.

I just officially downloaded it and will likely soon jump ship from DuckDuckGo.

Really the biggest thing for me will be not blinding my eyes due to a lack of dark mode outside of search results. (Thanks to using the dark reader add-on in Firefox)

What the hackers do is irrelevant. What matters is that they disclose it to the public so that those affected can take necessary actions. Failure to do so deserve a hefty punishment irrespective of whether or not they pay the hacker

I hear you, but isn’t the proverbial horse’s head the fact that the EU is looming over them and forcing them to make a move?

RCS and USBC have been available for a while. It seems disingenuous not to acknowledge that Apple has purposely dragged their feet so they could make more profit selling proprietary software and hardware which is probably why you’re being downvoted

I think it only applies to Europe

I’m team Linux as well

There are plenty of Chromebooks that can wiped & replaced w/ Linux. I run Debian 12 on my HP x360. Check this list: https://chrultrabook.github.io/docs/docs/supported-devices.html