RAM on Chromebooks

[Yorvyk]

On 01/06/13 18:27, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> On 06/01/2013 01:49 AM, Yorvyk wrote:
>
>> A look at the specs for Chromebooks gives some idea of the power
>> and RAM Google deems necessary to run Chrome in a useful fashion.
>
> Yes and no... I run a full Ubuntu 12,04 + LXDE installation (using
> the crouton script) in a chroot within ChromeOS on my XE303
> Chromebook :) So 2GB is definitely enough RAM for more than just
> Chrome!
>
> Incidentally, I think that size of machine is a really useful form
> factor -- light and small, but with a decent enough screen and
> keyboard that it is still usable.  I really like it, so far (I've
> only had it a week or two).  I don't really like the ChromeOS "do
> everything in the browser and cloud" concept, but putting it in
> Developer Mode and running Ubuntu/LXDE takes care of that!
>
I've met several people who've bought Chromebooks because of the form 
factor (lack of 'MS tax') and run a 'full' Linux distro on them.


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Steve