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Nice - I like Chromebooks for on-the-go work because they are light, have great battery life, and Google's tentacles make for a slick UI. I use crouton and xiw
by leggomylibro 9y ago
Nice - I like Chromebooks for on-the-go work because they are light, have great battery life, and Google's tentacles make for a slick UI.
I use crouton and xiwi, though, because while native is nice, you can't beat surfacing X windows into Chrome tabs. I love the cheap 10-11" ones for stuff like OpenSCAD and KiCAD.
(Also, if you keep your work backed up offline, $200-300 for a replacement isn't bad, compared to a high-end powerhouse. That's nice in a mobile machine; life happens.)
- jrowley 9y agoI'm pleasantly surprised to hear you can run KiCAD on a chromebook. I have one (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Chromebook-Wi-Fi-11-6-Inch-Model/dp/B009LL9VDG https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Chromebook-Wi-Fi-11-6-Inch-Mo...) with some tiny processor and it crashed yesterday with a single tab open. I'll have to try out your setup!
- bgrohman 9y agoI use a Chromebook with Crouton as my main personal laptop now, and it has worked well for me. I'm using i3wm instead of a traditional desktop environment. http://bryangrohman.com/ubuntu-i3wm-chromebook/ http://bryangrohman.com/ubuntu-i3wm-chromebook/