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i'm very ignorant on this but are those legion of gazillion of chrome books potentially root-able? sorry that's my fantasy
Most support reflashing the UEFI, but Linux or Windows support is better on some than others. Biggest problem now is disabling write-protect on the flash: used to just be a screw, now you have to use a special USB cable: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/firmware/supported-devices.html#firmware-and-os-support
yeas friend, i have an interesting "high-speed" cable that only belongs to my silly little hard drives. And I pulled that shit before the fascist turnover.