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Built-in software ‘death dates’ are sending thousands of schools’ Chromebooks to the recycling bin
(www.mercurynews.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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great scenario for an immutable distro
Really if they were going to do anything it'd be thin clients, the real "immutable" distro
Thin clients require thick servers, and if there's one thing worse than a kid
rm -rf /ing one laptop, it'srm -rf /ing the entire school all at once.Moreover, if the school can't afford decent laptops, how is it going to afford beefy servers?