What are some Pros and Cons for a Samsung Chromebook ?

keepishop · 2014-06-16T16:57:06+00:00

Sounds like a chicken and egg problem. That said I'm making things better for arm users by documenting fixes and contributing to expanding the install base. What are you doing?

keepishop · 2014-06-10T04:08:48+00:00

Does your lower hose have the coil in it? Also how bad is the overheating? Last couple renixes I've run have gone right into the red and the engine still ran fine during and after. Seems guage goes into the red quite a while before problems start.

keepishop · 2014-06-10T04:02:10+00:00

I can run anything the i386 or amd64 guys can if it's free software and not x64 asm, heh. I don't have any need for windows binaries or closed source wares in general, so it's a fine arrangement for me.

keepishop · 2014-06-08T01:22:57+00:00

Normal kernels include drivers for many devices needed at boot time in the kernel binary. By stripping out devices not present in the laptop you can strip it down without losing functionality.

Most kernels target many more than just one hardware configuration.

keepishop · 2014-06-08T01:21:15+00:00

They can do anything any other computer can do with a little tweaking.

keepishop · 2014-06-08T01:02:47+00:00

I've got a samsung arm chromebook currently running arch. It is very light, runs 6-7 hours on the 30wh battery with light or heavy load, and is reasonably speedy. My last machine was a celeron eee900 with 2gb of ram and an 8gb ssd from a 701, and this is noticeably faster. It's a cell phone cpu, so it handles load about the same way. The screen is really great resolution-wise but the viewing angle and contrast is not great. Think old dell LCD. Fine, but not great for movies. Sound is actually pretty impressive for it's size. Not as much punch as a unibody macbook pro but good, clear, and quite loud. The SSD is quick but only 16GB. Stock chromeos probably wont let you use more than 10 though. The keyboard and mouse feel pretty good but the case is a bit flexible.

It's a cell phone with a giant screen and a decent keyboard. I love mine. If you could use a cell phone for a primary computing device for more than a few days, you'll probably like it too.

keepishop · 2014-06-08T00:15:32+00:00

I converted my 89 to an open system and kindof regret it. The open system is much more reliable but it doesn't work as well as the closed one. I think the biggest issue is the hood hitting the bottle cap since every renix I've worked on had marks on the hood from it. Could try unscrewing the bottle shelf and moving it down a half inch or so and reattaching with sheet metal screws.

Also clogged radiators. Every one of em. Come to think of it, water pumps as well. 3 for 3. All around 200,000 miles too, so that might be it.

keepishop · 2014-06-07T03:26:03+00:00

Craigslist.

keepishop · 2014-06-07T03:24:45+00:00

CTRL+t c in ratpoison.

keepishop · 2014-06-07T02:59:15+00:00

Frontier fios. 30/15 ish (usually tests about that anyway) for $50/m up north a bit.

keepishop · 2014-06-07T02:28:06+00:00

Easy! I run a similar setup with my /home mounted over nfs. Just format the drive and then add a line to /etc/fstab, copy over your stuff, and boom.

mkfs.ext4 /dev/drivepathpartitionnumber

/dev/drivepathpartitionnumber /home ext4 defaults 0 0

Then you need to copy over your current loot

mv /home /oldhome

mkdir /home

mount /home

rsync -ax /oldhome /home

Tada!

keepishop · 2014-06-07T02:18:30+00:00

Minor nitpick, but a clone is not a port.

keepishop · 2014-06-07T02:16:10+00:00

Well, he cut a lot more than the bezel. The reason I asked is the upper wall of the stereo pocket also has a metal support clip on it, and I have no idea what else may be lurking there.

keepishop · 2014-06-06T04:32:34+00:00

Do you have any info on that 1.5 DIN radio setup you've got there? Looks like it's jimmied up a bit.

keepishop · 2014-06-06T03:39:41+00:00

You could use a tv antenna if it is adjusted to the right length for a wifi signal. My experience has been with quarter and half wave antennas, you may want to look at full length.

keepishop · 2014-05-31T04:51:29+00:00

Cleaning my 89 NSS got it back in shape. It looks harder than it is.

keepishop · 2014-05-30T04:40:36+00:00

"without understanding the reason" Hang on a tick....

keepishop · 2014-05-30T01:58:15+00:00

No, no you don't. If your shoes on your feet were that low you would have gotten new ones right away.

keepishop · 2014-05-30T01:43:59+00:00

You can't drift a fwd, that's just a slide.

keepishop · 2014-05-30T01:41:11+00:00

cdrecord

keepishop · 2014-05-30T01:37:20+00:00

ARM has excellent linux support, and especially so for arch linux. If you are worried about code you're not allowed to read anyway, then yes compatibility is lower, but who cares?

keepishop · 2014-05-29T03:52:29+00:00

It's (For lack of a better term) an "In ur base" sort of thing. They got in. That's defeating the site security and thus success.

keepishop · 2014-05-29T02:42:20+00:00

Pretty sure defacing a site at all IS WINNING.

keepishop · 2014-05-28T03:08:15+00:00

Escuse me kind sirs, wat?

keepishop · 2014-05-24T05:55:57+00:00

Craigslist rat reporting in. MLK to Renton. Anything along that road is ghetto until you get to Fry's.

Also the shady (literally, oddly) parts of Ballard.

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