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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • As others have mentioned, perhaps while the metaphor is weak, your spirit is strong!

    My kid’s Chromebooks (I purchased for them before the school provided) reached EOL before they finished elementary school.

    I installed Linux (Gentoo) so we could continue using them. When power is correctly configured, they were very cool to use as a quick tool to search for something, answer an email, write a quick document and other simple tasks. They did not work well as workstations as an old Thinkpad might.

    Since they are so light, and the battery lasted forever, we would leave them on a counter, and pick them up as needed.


















  • I was (am?) in the same dilemma. Loved my 7 pro, but someone dropped it, cracked the screen, and things started going downhill (hardware wise) from there.

    As a replacement I got an 8t (still OnePlus). It’s nice, but I miss the 7 pro.

    OnePlus is no longer an enthusiast brand, and I think the Pixel is the only other one currently. Maybe the Nothing phone? That’s kind of early adopter territory still, I think.

    Sorry I’m not more helpful. I prefer phones with unlocked bootloaders that allow for alternate firmware to be installed.