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Chromebooks: Asus Flip or Acer 11.6 for Linux?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2015

Chromebooks have been burning up the sales charts at Amazon, and one redditor recently had a question about which model to buy. He wanted to know if the Asus Flip or Acer 11.6 was a better value and a better bet to run Linux. It’s a tough question since both laptops are rated 4.5 stars by Amazon customers, and there are pluses and minuses to each model.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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