Australian Fire-Fighters Get Chromeboxes at Robert Pogson

“We thought ‘do we really need a PC for only a single web application?’

He said PCs were expensive and had many moving parts which weren’t ideal for dusty and dirty fire stations.
"We looked around and the Chromebox was perfect.

"It was small, cheap and had no moving parts which won’t wear out," Mr Host said.”

see Chromebox gives firies an extra hand on the pump | The Australian.

Chuckle. That’s about what I have been saying for years. Indeed, they also report, “Secondly, it runs faster than a PC,” he said.

“Thirdly, Google automatically updates it so we don’t have to patch it and all these devices can be managed through a cloud portal.

(And) if one were to ever break, it would be easy enough to replace.”

So, when people are offered a choice, they can and do choose what works best for them and it isn’t always Wintel. I recommend Debian GNU/Linux, myself, but each to his own.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.