Chromebook 3 just to learn hacking?

>>58445225
If you install full Linux on it, its alright, albeit underpowered. With ChromeOS it is useless, except for quick ssh sessions.

>>58445243
if i removed ChromeOS would that help?

>>58445411
Definitely. You can probably get a used ThinkPad for a similar price and end up with a more powerful machine, though.

>>58445225

Have my Chromebook set up with Crouton, and I have been pretty happy with it.

>>58445411
It would be extremely useful

>>58445225
I was thinking about getting an Asus C740 Chromebook for the same reason.

>>58445225
they're fine
low ram and low storage, usually both are soldered on
their cpus, which work fine on chromeos, can struggle with full fledged operating systems
the battery life actually lives up to what is advertised
try for intel based ones if you want linux

They're shit. Seabios can't be installed on the firmware, only in the "legacy" section which just makes it annoying to actually boot into a linux distribution that isn't full of Google aids.

C720 was pretty much the last decent chromebook

>>58445225
It's actually what I use for my daily driver at uni. It's small, sturdy and has a good touchpad for the price. Also the battery. Get an SD card though. Also configuring linux to use the SD card is also a bit of a bitch.

>just to learn hacking
fuck off op

>>58445687
Thoughts on the C740?