I've been backpacking around Asia working with an Acer C720 Chromebook. 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 11.6" display. It took a few days to get used to the smaller screen a

I've been backpacking around Asia working with an Acer C720 Chromebook. 2GB RAM, 32GB SSD, 11.6" display. It took a few days to get used to the smaller screen and keyboard, but since then it's been fantastic. Cost about £120 refurbished from eBay. Battery lasts for 5-6 hours. The laptop itself has survived intense use travelling through India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Cambodia, including having the corner of the screen melted by accident in the Himalayas. Haven't found anything lightweight that works better than Lubuntu out of the box (trialed Xubuntu, Ubuntu, Debian, ElementaryOS and some Arch flavours). Getting a dual boot up and running was easy. My work is mainly fullstack, so I sit mostly between a terminal and a browser. An effective configuration with a tiling window manager is a must with this size of screen and being a TMUX/Vim user helps cut down the number of workspaces I need. Couldn't recommend it more for travelling programmers!