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Google's PixelBook could be a good option if you don't have any need for Windows. It will run Linux easily via crouton.

by jrs95 9y ago

cowmoo728 9y ago
I found myself really frustrated by the keyboard layout on the chromebook pixel, specifically the chromeos specific keys that replaced the function keys and were missing the equivalent of f11 and f12. I really wanted to get the pixelbook but doubt I will just because of that.
y4mi 9y ago
there are some limitations for software development with crouton though... basic scripting works fine, but quite a few things fail. The most recent one i stumbled on was kivy [1]. It couldn't start X-Sessions to open any windows. [1]https://kivy.org/#home https://kivy.org/#home
- jrs95 9y ago
  Interesting, I wasn't aware of these issues. I'm pretty much strictly doing web & server development though
- isr 9y ago
  Could you elaborate a bit on that? I find that a tad surprising ... Just hazarding a guess, but are you using the xiwi X11 replacement? That's just a dummy x server, with everything forwarded to a chrome app. Its a hack to get around the chromeos switch from x to a custom wayland'ish display server. Pretty slow. But with crouton, you can also run a full xorg on vt-2. And I would be very surprised if anything failed to run there (from a graphical perspective). Even steam with full hardware acceleration works.
  - y4mi 9y ago
    I started with xiwi, but as crouton environments are cheap, I also created a full xorg install. It's pretty easy to choose after all. I've since installed galliumOs though, so I can't test anymore.
iamalchemist 9y ago
Pixelbook does not have a fan. Will that be okay? IDEs suck up a lot of resources and tend to heat up a lot. I was thinking about Pixelbook till someone raise this up. what's your opinion?
- jrs95 9y ago
  I would imagine the passive cooling ought to work well enough given the hardware they've put in it.
- shimon_e 9y ago
  Using the Xiaomi Notebook 12 inch without a fan. Surprisingly, 4GB with 2 NVME drives is good enough for me. This is switching from xps 13 i7 with 8GB ram. My one supports NVME in both slots so I don't know what other people on the internet who are saying the 12 inch doesn't support NVME are on about. I have the Kaby Lake version. I have a 8GB swap which I guess is fast enough as its on the second NVME.

Google's PixelBook could be a good option if you don't have any need for Windows. It will run Linux easily via crouton.

by jrs95 9y ago

Google's PixelBook could be a good option if you don't have any need for Windows. It will run Linux easily via crouton.

I found myself really frustrated by the keyboard layout on the chromebook pixel, specifically the chromeos specific keys that replaced the function keys and were missing the equivalent of f11 and f12. I really wanted to get the pixelbook but doubt I will just because of that.

y4mi 9y ago

there are some limitations for software development with crouton though... basic scripting works fine, but quite a few things fail. The most recent one i stumbled on was kivy [1]. It couldn't start X-Sessions to open any windows. [1]https://kivy.org/#home https://kivy.org/#home

jrs95 9y ago
Interesting, I wasn't aware of these issues. I'm pretty much strictly doing web & server development though
isr 9y ago
Could you elaborate a bit on that? I find that a tad surprising ... Just hazarding a guess, but are you using the xiwi X11 replacement? That's just a dummy x server, with everything forwarded to a chrome app. Its a hack to get around the chromeos switch from x to a custom wayland'ish display server. Pretty slow. But with crouton, you can also run a full xorg on vt-2. And I would be very surprised if anything failed to run there (from a graphical perspective). Even steam with full hardware acceleration works.
- y4mi 9y ago
  I started with xiwi, but as crouton environments are cheap, I also created a full xorg install. It's pretty easy to choose after all. I've since installed galliumOs though, so I can't test anymore.

iamalchemist 9y ago

Pixelbook does not have a fan. Will that be okay? IDEs suck up a lot of resources and tend to heat up a lot. I was thinking about Pixelbook till someone raise this up. what's your opinion?

jrs95 9y ago
I would imagine the passive cooling ought to work well enough given the hardware they've put in it.
shimon_e 9y ago
Using the Xiaomi Notebook 12 inch without a fan. Surprisingly, 4GB with 2 NVME drives is good enough for me. This is switching from xps 13 i7 with 8GB ram. My one supports NVME in both slots so I don't know what other people on the internet who are saying the 12 inch doesn't support NVME are on about. I have the Kaby Lake version. I have a 8GB swap which I guess is fast enough as its on the second NVME.