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---
layout: post
title: 'New Device acquired: Chromebook'
date: 2024-12-01 14:23 +0100
categories: "tech"
lang: "en"
---

[After a long time of resisting]({% post_url 2022-05-29-you-don-t-need-it %}), I
actually got myself a notebook of some sort. To be more precise, a "Chromebook".

I dug around Ebay for some time, looking what's on offer. The most important
property was "lightweight", I want to take in on travels. I didn't particularly
care for CPU or RAM. I mostly intend to use it for browsing anyway. (And
updating my mothers smartphone to the latest LineageOS version).

I only decided after making sure I could install Linux on it, thanks to
the [MrChromebox](https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/) project.

As for the distribution, I went with
[PuppyLinux](https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/), more specifically, the
[BookwormPup](https://bwpup.puppylinux.com/) distribution. Took some getting
used to, but I wanted something familiar (Debian) without learning all too much
new stuff. I'm not yet *totally* convinced of it. I mean, running everything as
root seems… counterintuitive. At least I configured the browser to run as a
regular user ("spot"). And it runs relatively smoothly.

Also, I was surprised it actually offers to LUKS-encrypt the save file. Probably
a good idea for portable devices anyway :).

{% image
  img="https://pics.uvokchee.de/_data/i/upload/2024/12/01/20241201135615-3e8d98a6-me.jpg"
  alt="A Chromebook, closed, located on a table. There is s a furry sticker on it"
%}