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A large state corporation in Brazil is currently trialing 800 Linux PCs. If successful, it will deploy and replace 22k Windows installs, comparable to the migration happening in Germany. (www.reddit.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Funnily enough, this is what a chromebook was made to do. A computer that was only a browser. Unfortunately, the hardware was severely underpowered, and the custom software wasn't as flexible as a simple Linux desktop is capable of. (Almost no software support outside of Google)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I saw a "gaming Chromebook" for $649 (USD) at the big box electronics and appliance store today.

At first I was astounded, but it did have a high refresh rate display and some type of GeForce iGPU. Apparently designed around cloud gaming. Which is na interesting use case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Those gaming Chromebooks are so wild. I saw them for $1000!

The ones I saw a year ago was bragging about playing mobile games and Google Stadia.

But like... Why! Why spend that much when the alternatives are so much better?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

For the price the specs aren't terrible.

Depending on need they can be a very effective device. Keep in mind they can also easily run a lot of android packages and Linux. Some come in tablet form factor with a keyboard folio case....I was looking at the Lenovo Duet for a while but ended up buying a OnePlus Pad recently.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe designed to be used with googles Stadia (now defunct I think)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Stadia has been abandoned for long enough I don't think it'd be used in marketing.

This was the description:

Acer - Chromebook 516 GE Cloud Gaming Laptop - 16" 2560x1600 120Hz - Intel Core i5-1240P - 8GB RAM - 256GB SSD

Looks like it comes with 3 months of GeForce Now and Amazon Luna.

I was mistaken about the GeForce iGPU - that placard must've been for GeForce Now. It has an Iris Xe.

I think I saw Xbox Game pass in the marketing too.

Still, pretty cool idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think they're also working on getting Steam running. I don't remember how that's going, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If I remember correctly, those actually have Steam with Proton built in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

You can get reasonable Chromebooks and boxes. They just aren't cheap so they are less popular.