OT: Xtra-PC?

[Tim Evans]

Looking to help a family member extend the life of a failing laptop. 
This would appear to be a bootable device that essentially turns a PC 
into a ChromeBook-like thing.  Anyone tried it? Worth $35?

https://getxtra-pc.io/blog-turn-your-old-slow-computer-to-like-new-again/

Thanks.
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Tim Evans			|5 Chestnut Court
443-394-3864			|Owings Mills, MD 21117

[Tom Horsley]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:57:53 -0500
Tim Evans wrote:

>  Anyone tried it? Worth $35? 
Looks like it is just a USB stick with bootable linux on it. You can make one for lots
less than $35 with a linux live image file copied to USB.

And the reason old laptops are dying is usually because the screen and/or keyboard are
flaking out, which booting linux wouldn't help at all.

[Robert Washbourne]

You can make one for free with a chromium os iso and a usb drive.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:28 AM Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:57:53 -0500
>  Tim Evans wrote:
>
>  > Anyone tried it? Worth $35?
>
>  Looks like it is just a USB stick with bootable linux on it. You can make
>  one for lots less than $35 with a linux live image file copied to USB.
>
>  And the reason old laptops are dying is usually because the screen and/or
>  keyboard are flaking out, which booting linux wouldn't help at all.
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[Outback Dingo]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:10 PM Robert Washbourne
<rawashbourne(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  You can make one for free with a chromium os iso and a usb drive. 
Now this has to be the most redicuulous thing ive ever saw in IT ... i
dont belive they even sell this thing.

as others have mentioned... dd any linux or other... chromeos to a $10
usb stick and have at it....


>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:28 AM Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:57:53 -0500
>> Tim Evans wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone tried it? Worth $35?
>>
>> Looks like it is just a USB stick with bootable linux on it. You can make one for
lots less than $35 with a linux live image file copied to USB.
>>
>> And the reason old laptops are dying is usually because the screen and/or
keyboard are flaking out, which booting linux wouldn't help at all.
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[Tim Evans]

On 11/29/18 10:27 AM, Outback Dingo wrote:
>  On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:10 PM Robert Washbourne
>  <rawashbourne(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> > You can make one for free with a chromium os iso and a usb drive.
>  https://www.chesapeakeshakespeare.com/auditions/
>  Now this has to be the most redicuulous thing ive ever saw in IT ... i
>  dont belive they even sell this thing.
>  
>  as others have mentioned... dd any linux or other... chromeos to a $10
>  usb stick and have at it.... 
So, has anybody stuffed a whole Raspberry Pi into a thumbdrive?


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Tim Evans			|5 Chestnut Court
443-394-3864			|Owings Mills, MD 21117

[Dave Stevens]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:27:13 +0700
Outback Dingo <outbackdingo(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Now this has to be the most redicuulous thing ive ever saw in IT ...
> i
>  dont belive they even sell this thing. 
I don't know what idiocy you've seen in IT but wrt to selling, "there's
one born every minute"

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