[aklug] turning old laptops into Chromebooks for students

Tim Johnson tim at akwebsoft.com
Tue Apr 21 16:42:47 AKDT 2020


And as a P.S. - lubuntu 18.04 should be good to 2023 if its life cycle 
corresponds to that of ubuntu.

On 4/21/20 2:11 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
>
> Furthermore, I'm reading the likelihood that lubuntu won't either. Oh 
> well. There's always the trash ...
>
> On 4/21/20 10:49 AM, Alvin Morris wrote:
>> I don't think Ubuntu 20.04 will support 32bit. If Ubuntu is a 
>> requirement 18.04 might be your best bet to stretch out a few more years.
>>
>> --
>> Alvin
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:08 AM Tim Johnson <tim at akwebsoft.com 
>> <mailto:tim at akwebsoft.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     All, it turns out, are 32-bit. I will probably load them up with
>>     the ubuntu 20.04 minimal install when it becomes available - or
>>     lubuntu if not available.
>>
>>     Once that is done, they are up for grabs. Just ask.
>>
>>     On 4/13/20 3:30 PM, Bob Alaska wrote:
>>>     Excellent
>>>       Bob
>>>
>>>     On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:02 PM Tim Johnson <tim at akwebsoft.com
>>>     <mailto:tim at akwebsoft.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         ... aanndd I have four netbooks none of which I need.
>>>
>>>         On 4/12/20 1:36 PM, Royce Williams wrote:
>>>>         I wrote a howto here:
>>>>
>>>>         https://www.techsolvency.com/distance-asd/chromebook/
>>>>
>>>>         -- 
>>>>         Royce
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