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I just came across this $100 laptop but it's mainly for programmers to fuck around with and are easily hackable out of the box. Anybody know anything about these devices?

I just came across this $100 laptop but it's mainly for programmers to fuck around with and are easily hackable out of the box. Anybody know anything about these devices?

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[–] • 2 pts

Yeah that’s what the Linux is for

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Ohhhk, now don't they go for $300?

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I was shopping around online a couple days ago and I found ones that could be wiped and put linux for 148 I think was the cheapest and it was 16gb ssd and 4gb of ram

[–] • 1 pt

You can get chromebooks that are linux ready for almost the same price.

[–] • 0 pt

Chrome book no good I need to download something onto it.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

I presume that by hackable they mean that you need to install an OS. Just install a secure Linux distro. They have images available. The problem with this low cost device is the 16-GB eMMC storage they provide, which would need to be upgraded to make it more usable with better performance than a micro SD card would provide. With only 2-GB of DDR3 you pretty much get what you pay for at $99.

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Thanks, very helpful. Can the linux distro be installed from the internet?

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Follow the instructions in their online user manual. They have links to images for several distros. Try a few out.