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I used once a 10" Asus Chromebook Flip. For $300, you get a reasonably fast laptop with Linux and good keyboard. Great for vim, typing documents, and even occas
by mtw 9y ago
I used once a 10" Asus Chromebook Flip. For $300, you get a reasonably fast laptop with Linux and good keyboard. Great for vim, typing documents, and even occasional netflix.
The real issue in these laptops for developers is the Atom CPU. I found most packages or libraries I used do not support Atom or ARM CPUs. There are hacks and other user-compiled packages but there are compromises. In the end, you just want to get work done and not be bugged with limitations.
I'd pay good money for a similar laptop with an i5 or equivalent processor though.
- mmjaa 9y agoI haven't run into any such problem with the Atom CPU in the GPD Pocket .. of course I did go through a lot of hell with Arm netbooks and so on in the past (and am still an avid porter of producers to the OpenPandora universe) .. but I'm actually quite relieved to be working on an x86 with similar characteristics to Arm. Hopefully the next GPD is going to e a bit beefier, though ..
- btschaegg 9y agoI've got a C100P and can't say I had a big problem with libraries. The only annoying thing was that there are few really good text editors that work on ARM, so the C100P was actually the reason I picked up Vim and Emacs. My biggest problem was the Chromebook part. Getting your own linux distro on the device is a hassle, the devmode boot screen is abysmal (I once accidentally killed my system by touching the space bar), and in Croagh, Xorg would stop working every few weeks, forcing me to set the whole thing up from scratch again. It's a really cool little device, and I still use it to play videos while I'm washing the dishes, but the (vanilla) Linux options didn't convince me. Edit: Actually, I've been thinking about buying the GDP Pocket for a while now. Can anyone attest to how good the keyboard is? The layout seemed like the biggest drawback to me...