<story><title>All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-chromebooks-will-also-be-linux-laptops-going-forward/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ilikehurdles</author><text>Those vintage macbook pros are still getting OS and software updates. Hardly &amp;quot;software-defined garbage&amp;quot;. I have a 2012 retina that&amp;#x27;s still chugging along perfectly. Battery life is down from when I bought it, sure, but there&amp;#x27;s still enough juice for a few hours of unplugged work.</text></item><item><author>somerandomness</author><text>Macs considered obsolete after 7 years &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT201624&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT201624&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>p1mrx</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a still a big catch: normally, when a computer &amp;quot;runs Linux&amp;quot;, you can keep installing new Linux distros until the hardware dies, which could be decades in the future.&lt;p&gt;Chromebooks reach &amp;quot;end of life&amp;quot; after a few (edit: ≤ 6.5) years, effectively becoming software-defined garbage: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;chrome&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6220366&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;chrome&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6220366&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can install Linux on &lt;i&gt;some&lt;/i&gt; Chromebooks, but it&amp;#x27;s often a lot of work to disable the &amp;quot;press Space to erase your operating system&amp;quot; prompt. It would be better if all EoL Chromebooks received an update to disable secure boot, because secure boot stops being secure when it boots you to an unpatchable OS.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>golfer</author><text>Macbook Pros cost far more than Chromebooks. MBPs are 4x to 10x the price.  They shouldn&amp;#x27;t be compared apples to apples.</text></comment>
<story><title>All Chromebooks will also be Linux laptops going forward</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/all-chromebooks-will-also-be-linux-laptops-going-forward/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ilikehurdles</author><text>Those vintage macbook pros are still getting OS and software updates. Hardly &amp;quot;software-defined garbage&amp;quot;. I have a 2012 retina that&amp;#x27;s still chugging along perfectly. Battery life is down from when I bought it, sure, but there&amp;#x27;s still enough juice for a few hours of unplugged work.</text></item><item><author>somerandomness</author><text>Macs considered obsolete after 7 years &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT201624&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT201624&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>p1mrx</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a still a big catch: normally, when a computer &amp;quot;runs Linux&amp;quot;, you can keep installing new Linux distros until the hardware dies, which could be decades in the future.&lt;p&gt;Chromebooks reach &amp;quot;end of life&amp;quot; after a few (edit: ≤ 6.5) years, effectively becoming software-defined garbage: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;chrome&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6220366&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.google.com&amp;#x2F;chrome&amp;#x2F;a&amp;#x2F;answer&amp;#x2F;6220366&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can install Linux on &lt;i&gt;some&lt;/i&gt; Chromebooks, but it&amp;#x27;s often a lot of work to disable the &amp;quot;press Space to erase your operating system&amp;quot; prompt. It would be better if all EoL Chromebooks received an update to disable secure boot, because secure boot stops being secure when it boots you to an unpatchable OS.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TomVDB</author><text>The 2012 retina was released mid-2012, and the 7 year rule starts when it was last produced. So it hasn&amp;#x27;t reached obsolete&amp;#x2F;vintage status yet.&lt;p&gt;(I used the same MacBook, replaced the battery a couple of months ago, and have no plans to replace it anytime soon.)</text></comment>