[LUAU] Any extended play with the Samsung Chromebook?

[Jeff Mings]

Hi Doug!

     The TSA has been caught stealing items from passengers innumerable 
times, and they have a history of confiscating property without just 
cause.  However, they are just a fraction of the ways that one can lose 
a laptop.  Losing a $250 laptop is far less troubling than losing one 
that cost $1500.

     I would expect that most savvy readers of this list use something 
like truecrypt to keep their data out of evil hands if they lose a laptop.

-Jeff Mings


On 04/29/2013 08:18 PM, IslandofOahu Hawaii wrote:
> Interesting solution but how serious is this threat by TSA to take away laptops/notebooks/pads ?  If confiscated, Chromebook didn't overcome that threat.  There's always a Lightweight Portable Security" (LPS), live Linux CD or thumbdrive from the Software Protection Initiative (SPI), which can be used in conjunction with SkyDrive, Google Docs, etc.
>
> http://cyberarms.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/lps-linux-the-publicly-available-air-force-secure-linux-distro/
>
>
> Doug Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Jeff Mings <jeffm at lava.net>
> To: LUAU <luau at lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 11:12 AM
> Subject: [LUAU] Any extended play with the Samsung Chromebook?
>   
>
> Hi All!
>
>       Anybody out there play with the Samsung Chromebook with ChrUbuntu
> or another good ARM distro?  Having a 2.5 lb laptop that only costs $250
> and runs fairly quickly sounds really interesting. There's a lot of info
> about installing and tweaking, but very little about actual  _usability_
> as far as true speed, any problems with apps that have to be specially
> baked and other details.  The model would likely be the SAMSUNG
> XE303C12-A01US .
>
>       I currently use a simple Corei3 laptop that is cheap but
> surprisingly quick.  Having a laptop that is nearly disposable is a good
> thing, since so many have lost their laptops to theft/confiscation by
> the TSA, overly playful pooches and all the other ways that laptops can
> quickly leave the mortal realm.   A cheap ARM notebook with good speed
> and battery life holds lots of appeal...
>
> Thanks,
> -Jeff Mings
>
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