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Check to see if your Chromebook supports USI Pens. I just bought this one for my Lenovo Flex 5. Lenovo USI Stylus Pen, Chrome OS Support, 4,096 Levels of Pressure Sensitivity, 150 Days Battery Life, AAAA Battery, Works with Chromebook, GX81B10212 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NJY53W9/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_ZGXGFJRBMGPG212HGGN5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://mrchromebox.tech/

If your chromebook is supported, you can flash it with this bios. Then you can treat the chromebook "like a regular linux install".

On my out of support Dell chromebook 11, I tried GalliumOS ( a bit out of date now ), then Fedora ( fully supported ) but came full circle and installed Cloudready - which so far has been the best.

There no such thing as an Acer 300c. Did you mean an Asus C300?

If you did, that model does not have Android app support as yet. You find the list of models having Android apps here:

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps

That sucks. If you go under History there should be a "Recently closed" section from which you could restore all of them. If not, you're probably out of luck getting them all back in one go. Your only other option is opening full History and searching and scrolling.

You might want to use a session manager extension that lets you (auto)save tabs and recover sessions. I recommend https://tabler.one/features/restore-tabs-chrome/

I quit using Windows about 8 years ago. The only thing I have against Windows is that family and friends have tons of software problems. I've migrated quite a few over to Linux and they have been happy with Linux. The only problem I have had was fixed with a software update. You might want to give that a try. These new round of cheap Windows laptops aren't well supported in Linux for some reason. If you want to give Linux a try on your Toshiba, you might want to look at Manjaro linux.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/manjarolinux/files/community/Cinnamon/2016.02/

I'm assuming your laptop is 64-bit. Get the ISO from the 64-bit folder and either put it on a DVD or on a USB drive. There's a program for Windows called unetbootin that should "burn" the ISO to the USB drive.

Then you set up in your bios to boot from usb and plug it in and restart.

I know it seems like a lot of trouble but once you do it, you will find it's pretty straightforward.

Thanks for the input. I've just started school, so it's still hard to say how light or demanding my needs will be. So far, I'm just using Google Docs, and a research manager, Mendeley. This reminds me though that I will eventually have to download SPSS (Statistical Program for the Social Sciences), so there goes the Chromebook option.

Looks like you've already tried. Do not try to modify the school hardware that has been assigned to you.

Instead, if you want to use Micro SD cards on this for some reason, just get a ~$10 Micro SD USB plug, like this, and use it in that available, presumably functional USB port.

The following only works if you have a Chromebook that allows for access to the google play store. If you can't use to google playstore, you're SOL.

Part One: What kind of block is it. There are two types of blocks. WIFI based (think contentkeeper) and device based (think goguardian or other unremovable extension). I can help you get around both. Part One will help you determine what your dealing with. 1) Connect to an alternate WIFI source and go to a blocked site. 2) If you can assess it, it's WIFI based. Us a hotspot or skip to part 3. 3) Try an alternate device and go to a blocked site. 4) If you can access it now, it's device based. Go to part two. Typically if there's a block on the device, there is one on the wifi so if you're planning on using this at school, you may need part 3.

Part Two: freeing your device. 1) log out of your school account on the device. 2) log in with gmail. It may look like you have to put in a school email. But once you type [whateveryouremailis] you can put @gmail.com and your school domain will dissapeared. 3) Wait for everything to set up.

Part Three: The Wifi problem 0) if your block was only wifi based and you didn't do part 2, you might need to add your gmail account to your school account. You can do this by clicking on the first option under you & google. It will have yout profile picture on it.

1) go into the google playstore and download any free vpn (there is a 90% chance that your school will have blocked all of the popular ones that you've heard of from YouTube's NordVPN, ExpressVPN, SurfShark). I recommend TurboVPN or VPN ProxyMaster Pro. Both are free and work fine

2)Wait for it to download and activate it.

The Asus C101 sounds perfect for your daughter:

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Chromebook-C101PA-DS04-Lightweight-Touchscreen/dp/B07CHV85BC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=asus+c101&qid=1572119430&sr=8-1

Shop around and see if you can get it cheaper!

Well, I found the Samsung Pro on Amazon if you're interested in it. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE510C24-K01US-Chromebook-Pro/dp/B071LB1GG4

Some people say the keyboard isn't too good on this laptop but your mileage may vary. It goes for around $410

Just tested my HL-2360DW by doing a factory reset via the printer interface directly.

1. Had the printer hardwired.
2. Logged into the IP address for the printer and was able to reconfigure the entire machine via the webpage.
3. Was able update the firmware via the webpage as well. This took about 3-5 minutes.
4. Connected to Goggle cloud print via the web interface for setup
5. The printer can be setup via WPS or AOSS for wireless printing without a PC according to the quick setup guide.
6. The brother print android app is also capable of some setup and direct print via the phone.
7. No idea about the compatibility with portal wifi -

Cheers,

Oops. I actually he save the Acer Chromebook 15. My bad.

Acer Chromebook 15 CB515-1HT-P39B, Pentium N4200, 15.6" Full HD Touch, 4GB LPDDR4, 32GB Storage, Pure Silver https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076V3YMRY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_FWrzBb91D01A4