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dominiquec@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Chromebooks are problematic for profits and planet says execEnglish
1·2 years agoAnecdotally, I am writing this comment from a 7-year-old Chromebook. Owing to software updates, it’s not as snappy as it used to be (therein lies the irony), but it’s still usable up to its Linux container. The battery is dead but I don’t want to get rid of it because the screen is still nice and bright and the hardware build is otherwise fine.
I just wish, though, I could boot proper Linux off of it and I could upgrade memory and storage.
dominiquec@lemmy.worldto
Science Fiction@lemmy.world•Looking for a good Sci Fi Novel available on Project Gutenberg
1·2 years agoProject Gutenberg has a pretty good science fiction selection, quite extensive in fact that I think it’s better to go by author than by individual works.
For the “classics” there’s H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs, aside from Verne and Shelley whom you’ve already mentioned.
There are some surprising names, too, like Jack London, E.M. Forster, and Rudyard Kipling.
For golden age scifi: Frederic Brown, E.E. “Doc” Smith, CM Kornbluth, Jack Williamson, Frederic Pohl, Olaf Stapledon, and Andre Norton. Also, Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.
For your criteria, though, I would recommend looking for the works of Philip K. Dick and H. Beam Piper.




Neither is their CEO.