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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
Quite a big ask to tell a 93 year old to learn Linux just to get Calibre working on a Chromebook. I don't like proselytizing Linux in general, but this feels egregious, IMO.
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My father is 92 and uses Linux Mint every day.
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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
Again, if calibre is literally the only reason why he needs Linux, I'd personally just sticking with a bog-standard Chromebook (rather than the developer-specific options that some other people are suggesting) and get some purpose-built hardware on the side just for handling calibre. Look at a mini PC, a Mac Mini, an old chunky laptop, etc. Hell, a Raspberry Pi with a sufficiently large SD card or an external USB HDD could probably do it.
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It's really not that hard to enable Linux on a ChromeBook and you don't need a lot of space or to be in developer mode. So, while I agree it's probably easier to keep the old computer for Calibre in the interim, there may come a time when it would be nicer to install Calibre in Linux and use the Chromebook as the single solution. That option would definitely be open with the Chromebook mentioned here.
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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
I went through a Windows Purge in my household some years ago, except for my living room HTPC, whose sole job is to boot Windows and run Kodi. I've been meaning to even wipe that one too (because every time I boot the gosh-darn thing it spends the first hour pegged at 90% CPU while Windows updates and anti-malware scans run against my will in the background), as soon as I can figure out how to migrate the Kodi database to a Linux install. But the point being, it's fine remaining a Windows device for the moment, because it's only got to run the one thing, and my overall frustration/interaction with Windows is minimal.
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It seems like Windows has become more and more intrusive. I haven't used it as my main OS in 19 years, but even the little things I do with it on my Windows partitions (mostly just updating, because I use it so rarely) is a pain. And I still support it on my wife's computers. I definitely do not like what they are doing with Windows 11. Recall, in itself, is enough reason to jettison Windows (in my opinion).