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yet do everything on a phone, but you can do some things.</li>
<li>The <i>expo laptop</i> uses <a href="https://www.debian.org/intro/about">Debian</a> with the <a
href="https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-cinnamon-desktop-environment-on-debian/">Cinnamon</a> interface, but pretty much any Linux
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)">Cinnamon</a> interface, but pretty much any Linux
system works fine. Old, slow machines without much memory can be very effective with <a href="https://xubuntu.org/">Xubuntu/xfce</a>.
<li>If using a Mac or Red-Hat-based linux you'll need to work it all out for yourself.</li>
<li>Chromebooks, since 2019, allow you to enable the underlying debian system in a container
using a tool called <a href="https://chromeos.dev/en/linux">Crostini</a>. This should work just fine, but no one has tried it yet.
It should be even better than <a href="../troggle/troglaptop.html#os">WSL on Windows</a> as you can run GUI applications on Debian. Or you could install a full Ubuntu system with chroot using
<a href="https://uk.pcmag.com/linux/135719/how-to-install-linux-on-your-chromebook">Crouton</a>.
<li>Chromebooks work just like a phone, but with a keyboard, so far as Expo is concerned (mostly). See our <a href="chromebook.html">chromebooks</a> page.
<li>Windows machines can do almost everything needed directly in Windows itself, but some useful software has no Windows version and you will
need to find your own equivalents. There are also some 'gotchas' to look out for due to filesystem differences (e.g letter case). If you have