I was FORCED to buy a Chromebook….

Linus Tech Tips January 17, 2022
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Thank you to Wealthfront for sponsoring this video! Use my link https://www.wealthfront.com/linus to open a Wealthfront investment account and get $5K managed for free. Get your Cablemod Keyboard cables today at: https://lmg.gg/CablemodKB My son needs a Chromebook for school so I began my search to find the best bang for the buck Chromebook...and of course, we tried to game on it. Take a look at the available Chromebooks below: Amazon: https://geni.us/jj8ruZ Best Buy: https://geni.us/BF9Jru Newegg: https://geni.us/OCdFABC Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Crouton Github: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton Installing Steam on Linux Beta: https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2021/01/how-to-install-steam-on-chromebook-in.html Chromebook Automatic Update Support Page: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1404634-i-was-forced-to-buy-a-chromebook%E2%80%A6/ ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: https://lmg.gg/sponsors ► PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/podcastgear ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: https://www.floatplane.com/ FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:44 Chromebook Penetration 1:16 are Chromebooks bad? 2:01 look how cheap they are! 2:40 Linus goes shopping! 4:10 better luck online? 6:18 IMPORTANT TECH TIP 7:30 Gaming on Chromebooks 11:14 Why did you Cheap Out?? 12:58 Outro LinusTechTips receives cash compensation from Wealthfront Advisers LLC (“Wealthfront Advisers”) for sponsored advertising materials. LinusTechTips is not a client and this is a paid endorsement. LinusTechTips and Wealthfront Advisers are not associated with one another and have no formal relationship outside of this arrangement. Nothing in this communication should be construed as a solicitation, offer, or recommendation, to buy or sell any security. Any links provided by LinusTechTips are not intended to imply that Wealthfront Advisers or its affiliates endorses, sponsors, promotes and/or is affiliated with the owners of or participants in those sites, or endorses any information contained on those sites, unless expressly stated otherwise. Investment management and advisory services are provided by Wealthfront, an SEC registered investment adviser. All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of money you invest, and past performance does not guarantee future performance.

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