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.

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    MX Linux XFCE is great for tiny drives. I’ve successfully run it on multiple 16GB systems, with space to spare.

    • rozodru@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      yeah I was also thinking that. a light weight distro with like XFCE or just a barebones WM like DWM or Sway or whatever. It doesn’t need to do much, just run a couple things. so slapping KDE or even GNOME on it would be overkill.