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Would it be possible to install Linux on this HP Chromebook Plus?

This is the laptop in question. It has an x86 processor so basically any distro should work on it. However, it is still a Chromebook which likely means Google fuckery in the BIOS. But it’s great value for the money (can get it $300 off at Costco) and if I can plop Linux on to it then I’d love it.

Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped Return to Office would make staff quit (www.theregister.com)

HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving....

just bought a Nanode 1GB from Linode

hello,...

[Question] Automated CI/CD Data Snapshots

Is there a feature in a CI/CD pipeline that creates a snapshot or backup of a service’s data prior to running a deployment? The steps of a ideal workflow that I am searching for are similar to:...

Earth Temperature Timeline (xkcd.com)

This seems updated since I first found it years ago....

Song of the Day: No Xmas for John Quays by The Fall (youtu.be)

University Students

Comment from my group project teammate. You don’t need to comment every line lol

Should I reinstall linux mint (error during installation)

I recently dual booted linux mint on my laptop, and I came across the infinite squashfs error (an infinite amount of “SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page” and "SQUASHFS error: Unable to read data counting up, I think because I took out the usb and pressed enter too quickly) I couldn’t do anything, so I shut down and...

TIL the first Star Wars movie (A New Hope) was actually made after a book adaptation, which means Star Wars hype is technically literary-based in nature (starwars.fandom.com)

Demystifying "find" and "find -exec" ...Lil' Linux Lesson! - YouTube (youtube.com)

Americans Are Leaving Both Parties. This Colorado City Shows Why. (www.politico.com)

America has more independent voters than Democrats or Republicans. Are they changing American politics?

The Automatic Packet Reporting System is really cool and you should use it more

A lot of hams think the Automatic Packet Reporting System is a system for broadcasting your location, and maybe your status. But the APRS is really a lot of local general-purpose low-speed message-switched* networks joined together by the big Internet (the one we’re on rn) into another inter-network....

Russia Is Sending Young Africans to Die in Its War Against Ukraine (www.bloomberg.com)

Archived link...

Could a gaming PC be a good thing in a nursing home?

Recently talked to a 90+ year old man in a park in front of his nursing home, guy is a former RC plane enthusiast. Can’t do anything now because of his age, though. Bored all the time, sitting in the park is his highlight....

Illegal fishing and labor abuse rampant in China’s Indian Ocean fleet, new report says (news.mongabay.com)

Archived link...

It's your amigo, Ralph! (lemmy.world)

Sir Freelancealot - Linux Distros explained by an idiot

youtu.be/H3jFF-6EdVY

Block AI training on a web site (blog.zgp.org)

HandBrake 1.8 Released with GTK4 UI, FFV1 Encoder + More (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Lemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct payments

No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections (yle.fi)

Finland’s results in the European election bucked a continent-wide trend of rising support for parties on the outer fringe of right-wing politics, with the Left Alliance and the National Coalition winning big at the expense of the nationalist Finns Party....