Does that mean the end of its Chromebooks too?
The Toshiba Chromebook 2 was one of the best devices in its price range.
The Toshiba Chromebook 2 was one of the best devices in its price range.
When I was transitioning into software development, I had ~$1000 left in my bank account, but the consultancy I had just landed an internship with asked me to provide my own laptop, so figuring the compatibility would be decent, I forked out roughly $450 for a Toshiba Chromebook 2 and a new emmc drive. Developed on that thing for a over a year running Ubuntu and later GalliumOS.
The screen is still better than my ThinkPad. Unfortunately, I spilled water on the keyboard at some point, but it pulled double duty as a travel laptop for a year or so after retirement as my daily driver.
The screen alone rivals $1,000 laptops in terms of quality / real estate but the Chromebook is only $300.
IMO it's the perfect portable developer laptop if you account for specs / price.
Was it something different from Crouton/Chrubuntu/Gallium?
I wrote about the entire process 2 years ago at https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/transform-a-toshiba-chromeboo....
I still happily use it today.