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Old 05-14-2025, 08:33 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by The Old Man View Post
To be honest, Linux scares me. I went to the Mint site and and thought about drivers for my printer, monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc. I have an old Windows 10 desktop so I suppose I could try it on that

I see there is no Calibre app for Android
It's relatively easy to test Linux Mint with a Live USB thumb drive. That would be a way to test for compatibility with your printers, etc. You may be surprised at how well it works with most peripherals now. My father is 92 and uses Linux Mint every day. Even if (when?) you get the Chromebook, you might want to explore dual-booting Linux Mint and Windows on the older computer.

The Chromebook you're looking at sounds like it might do all you need, but you're stuck in "Googleland" unless you enable Linux on it (which is not that hard). So you're not completely stuck with just Chrome OS. And you may be perfectly happy with what Chrome OS offers "out of the box."

Good luck.
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