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NixOS on a Acer Chromebook R11 (piefed.social)

submitted 1 month ago by rozodru@piefed.social to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

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I recently was given an old Acer Chromebook R11 from someone who was clearing out their stuff and didn't want it. As is right now it works just fine but I thought that I would put linux on it. I know how to do so via chrultrabook but I'm just curious if putting NixOS on it would be a smart idea. It has 16gb of internal storage that is soldered in so I can't really upgrade it. I do however have a 2TB dedicated server which it would be connected to at all times. But with NixOS Generations and nix store I'm wondering if that 16gb would fill up quick and make impractical for a chromebook.

The chromebook is a touch screen and can flip the monitor around also so It'd be nice to also use as a virtual second screen via remmina or whatever for my main laptop.

Would NixOS be a decent choice or should I consider a different distro?

thanks.

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[–] rozodru@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yeah it's not going to be used for much. I was just thinking a browser like QuteBrowser, maybe Krita if it can do it, Wezterm, and of course remoting into on my main laptop so I can use it as a virtual second screen. that's it.

So maybe another distro would be a smarter choice? like just a barebones Arch?

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That sort of sounds minimal, though I would worry more about the desktop environment. It shouldn't take too long to try it out from the way it sounds, and I would bail the moment I see "no space left" error. Arch is pretty light, so yeah, I would go with that.