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ChromeOS is my x-window. Debian is my terminal. Google has done a nice job of integrating the two. The only real constraint is the hardware.

Disclaimer: I was a pre-release beta tester for ChromeOS.

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The matte-black laptop they shipped out to beta testers for ChromeOS is still the best laptop I've ever owned. Maybe not processing speed-wise, but the size and everything else was perfection.

I still have mine, but the hinge broke in a very annoying way that probably needs a full replacement.

Ah yes, the CR-48 [1]. Named after an unstable isotope of the element chromium...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromebook#Cr-48

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