<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Trent,<div class="">The chrome books are nice, but there is a caveat for us blind users. Getting accessibility to work on there is a huge pain and requires visual assistance to activate (unlike OS X with voiceover, or any of the accessible enabled linux distributions)<br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Still, if I wanted to install a full linux distribution on there, would it be possible?</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-Eric</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 5, 2019, at 8:08 PM, trent shipley <<a href="mailto:trent.shipley@gmail.com" class="">trent.shipley@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">And who is it for? My parents use Macs. I would be OK if they used Chromebooks. Never is a million years would I give them a solid Linux desktop, let alone a potentially flaky, cheap, out of the box Linux.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Why are you in the market for a cheap out-of-the-box Mint machine? There are some pretty decent, affordable Windows machines out there--assuming you don't have a reflex objection to Windows or Microsoft. A Chromebook can't be beat for cheap, functional, and out of the box, and my understanding is that it's based on Gentoo, deep, deep under the covers. So Chromebook is a really good choice for a cheap, user-proof computer, unless you have a phobia of Google or Chromebook.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Trent.</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 7:57 PM Kevin Fries <<a href="mailto:kevin@fries-biro.com" class="">kevin@fries-biro.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="#ffffff" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Joe,<br class=""><br class=""></div>
<div dir="auto" class="">You need to balance your risk of "working out of the box" with "cheapest".<br class=""><br class=""></div>
<div dir="auto" class="">You want it to work with Linux, out of the box, Zero incompatabilities... simple, System76. It will come with either PopOS, or Ubuntu, from which Mint dirives. Open the box, enjoy your laptop. <br class=""><br class=""></div>
<div dir="auto" class="">Cheapest, is a crap shoot with Linux. Many of the cheapest do funny things with the boot sequence thanks to Windows 10. But, I have yet to see one that can not be made to work in a long time. How much effort are you willing to put in and what is your tolerance for things breaking on upgrade?<br class=""><br class=""></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 5, 2019, at 5:26 PM, "<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank" class="">mylinux@cox.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank" class="">mylinux@cox.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:11pt" dir="ltr" class=""><i class=""><b class="">Date:</b></i> 1/5/2019 2:07:57 PM</div>
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<div class="">What would y'all recommend as the best (most affordable)</div>
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<div class="">One that comes with Linux (preferrably mint) pre-installed</div>
<div class="">and that would "just work" out of the box.</div>
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<div class="">I see a bunch or them on Amazon for under $200, but</div>
<div class="">wonder if any of them would "just work" out of the box,</div>
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