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Chromebook as a development platform?
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abeyer:
I'd also add that typically the experience is a lot more smooth if you go with an x86 based machine instead of arm, too. The linux on arm situation is way better than it used to be, but the availability of binaries still lags behind: you're far more likely to find yourself needing to compile things from source yourself, and the build is less likely to just work when you do.
aeberbach:
I read last week that Google was pushing developers onto Chromebooks internally as a cost-cutting measure, though almost everything they do is in the cloud - so it's debatable whether that means "development on a Chromebook" or "using a remote client".
guenthert:
Not sure about 'modern' Chromebooks, but my laments are general enough to be applicable there too, I'd think.  I got an original Pixel (anno 2013, unsupported since 2018) which is still mostly fine for surfing the web (although an increasing number of web sites refuse cooperation, I suppose one of the JS libraries is at fault), in fact, I'm using it right now.  I do occasional light development (hobby only) remotely (I like the idea of a Chromebook as Internet-terminal) using ssh into a banana-pi or a x86_64 server in the garage, but for anything half-serious, I got of the couch and sat down at my desktop (Apple mini sporting Ubuntu) or laptop (Dell M6800 sporting Windows 10).  What makes the Pixel less than stellar for actual work is

i) screen glare (it has a high resolution, but awfully reflecting screen)
ii) poor keyboard missing keys, including page up/down
iii) Chrome OS intercepting keyboard short cuts (e.g. ^W terminates the Window) -- especially frustrating in an Emacs session
iv) too little screen estate
abeyer:

--- Quote from: guenthert on April 25, 2023, 09:14:16 pm ---iii) Chrome OS intercepting keyboard short cuts (e.g. ^W terminates the Window) -- especially frustrating in an Emacs session

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That's configurable. On new ones there's a "Terminal Settings" panel to disable the standard bindings, I think on older machines you may have to put it in a json file or something.
SiliconWizard:
If you want to work on a platform that's entirely controlled by Google, why not.
You could argue that things have gotten just as bad with Windows/MS.
I'm not sure which is worse though. Still trying to figure that out.  :-DD
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