Re: Time to resign,

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NMGLUGers, Well, still celebrating my"retirement" and I did attend the
in-person on Thursday. It was a small group, but Jason and I had a chance
to check out the Xubuntu on Asus Chromebook. We discovered a few, maybe
significant, limitations. The screen resolution is not too high, and the
top row of keys and the bottom row (no Super key) are lacking certain
abilities. Notably the row of "F" keys is modified for the other OS, labels
do not match the layout of a standard keyboard. And we found the trackpad
would regularly quit working when we typed some combinations of keys. For
now I do not know more, but I hope to acquire more data in the next few
weeks. Of course this will be a slow process, due to my rate of work.
Perhaps others can add to this discussion. In the meantime I am a little
less enthusiastic about the capacities of the hardware and discovering the
limitations of taking a web-terminal kind of device and converting it to
full functionality. In a way it boils down to: What do I want to do? Will
this device do all I require?
Thanks for your support and interest in free software, Ted P.

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 11:57=E2=80=AFAM Ted Pomeroy <[email protected]> w=
rote:

> NMGLUGers, I think it is time for me to resign my active membership in th=
e
> GLUG. Although I keep computing, I am no longer breaking new ground and n=
ot
> interested in being the hobbyist I once was.
> Oddly though, I am still doing some things. I am writing this on Xubuntu,
> Gnu/Linux installed on a former student  11 inch Chromebook(tm). The
> conversion removed all of the former OS after borrowing a script to rewri=
te
> the boot system with SeaBios or one of the other Coreboot varieties.
> Instructions are found at MrChromebox dot tech or other pages on the 'net=
.
> No major glitches, no major issues. I am limited by the emmc chip on the
> board - 16 Gb, but it works.
> Nice to have a really functional terminal and man pages and such. As well
> as the freedom to choose my applications and modifications. Used student
> C-books are cheap because the support for each hardware is only 4 years. =
A
> real waste of resources and trash producer for the landfill.
> I may try to be present at this weeks meeting, I will have nothing to tur=
n
> in and the recent discussions have gone beyond my level of activity, but =
it
> is fun to listen.
> Be well, Thank you, Ted P.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">NMG=
LUGers, Well, still celebrating my&quot;retirement&quot; and I did attend t=
he in-person on Thursday. It was a small group, but Jason and I had a chanc=
e to check out the Xubuntu on Asus Chromebook. We discovered a few, maybe s=
ignificant, limitations. The screen resolution is not too high, and the top=
 row of keys and the bottom row (no Super key) are lacking certain abilitie=
s. Notably the row of &quot;F&quot; keys is modified for the other OS, labe=
ls do not match the layout of a standard keyboard. And we found the trackpa=
d would regularly quit working when we typed some combinations of keys. For=
 now I do not know more, but I hope to acquire more data in the next few we=
eks. Of course this will be a slow process, due to my rate of work. Perhaps=
 others can add to this discussion. In the meantime I am a little less enth=
usiastic about the capacities of the hardware and discovering the limitatio=
ns of taking a web-terminal kind of device and converting it to full functi=
onality. In a way it boils down to: What do I want to do? Will this device =
do all I require?</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:larg=
e">Thanks for your support and interest in free software, Ted P.</div></div=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tu=
e, Oct 10, 2023 at 11:57=E2=80=AFAM Ted Pomeroy &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ted.p=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_defau=
lt" style=3D"font-size:large">NMGLUGers, I think it is time for me to resig=
n my active membership in the GLUG. Although I keep computing, I am no long=
er breaking new ground and not interested in being the hobbyist I once was.=
 <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">Oddly tho=
ugh, I am still doing some things. I am writing this on Xubuntu, Gnu/Linux =
installed on a former student=C2=A0 11 inch Chromebook(tm). The conversion =
removed all of the former OS after borrowing a script to rewrite the boot s=
ystem with SeaBios or one of the other Coreboot varieties. Instructions are=
 found at MrChromebox dot tech or other pages on the &#39;net. No major gli=
tches, no major issues. I am limited by the emmc chip on the board - 16 Gb,=
 but it works. <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:la=
rge">Nice to have a really functional terminal and man pages and such. As w=
ell as the freedom to choose my applications and modifications. Used studen=
t C-books are cheap because the support for each hardware is only 4 years. =
A real waste of resources and trash producer for the landfill.</div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">I may try to be present at =
this weeks meeting, I will have nothing to turn in and the recent discussio=
ns have gone beyond my level of activity, but it is fun to listen.</div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:large">Be well, Thank you, Ted=
 P.<br></div></div>
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