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Meanwhile I just put Arch back on my Chromebook Pixel and I couldn't be happier. Far better screen, far better font rendering, and no absurdities regarding keyb
by colemickens 10y ago
Meanwhile I just put Arch back on my Chromebook Pixel and I couldn't be happier. Far better screen, far better font rendering, and no absurdities regarding keyboard shortcuts and keys whenever plugging in an external keyboard. I can use my mouse with normal scroll while having my trackpad inverted. I have a real window manager again with "Always On Top". And I have real per-app volume mixing again. Oh, and an escape key!
I literally had money set aside to buy a new MBP, but I don't see myself being an Apple customer again anytime soon.
edit: I just don't get this place sometimes. Did I piss off some Apple fans?
- busterarm 10y agoI wish I'd gotten a 2015 and put OpenBSD on it. Oh well :(
- colemickens 10y agoAre they out of stock, or just can't bring yourself to buy 18mo old hardware? I feel like mid-summer next year we're going to start seeing signs of a new Pixel for the Andromeda merging of Android/ChromeOS.
- busterarm 10y agoPrices are climbing because they're harder to get now but yes on point 2.
- hellofunk 10y agoIs it easy to install and use Linux on all Chromebook Pixel machines? I'm looking into it, what about Ubuntu? I was googling this last night and it's surprisingly hard to track down information about this, no wonder the OP had to just go and test it for himself.