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I have the chromebook plus and just want to caution that this support is super early and there are significant shortcomings at the moment (lots of apps crash wh

by drcode 8y ago

I have the chromebook plus and just want to caution that this support is super early and there are significant shortcomings at the moment (lots of apps crash when trying to use the clipboard & java based apps seem to crash intermittently for unexplained reasons) but likely this will clear up in the coming weeks, given the fast pace of bug fixes in crostini so far. In contrast, the Pixelbook (currently on sale for $750) has the exact same feature set but is very stable- This is the one I'd recommend any person to buy who wants to use a chromebook for development. Also, I have a clojure project and it takes 24 seconds to build on the Pixelbook, but takes 64 seconds on the Chromebook Plus- Keep in mind the Chromebook Plus uses the same ARM processor as a typical phone, so this is still very impressive for a compiler running inside a VM.

forgot-my-pw 8y ago
How's the Pixelbook? Anything missing for software development? Can you run everything without needing crouton/ubuntu installed?
- drcode 8y ago
  Works great, just enable linux support and you can apt-get whatever you want and run UI apps right next to chromeOS windows. Glitches are few and far between, though it's still only a beta feature. EDIT: Yes, the lack of GPU support is still a major limitation.
  - forgot-my-pw 8y ago
    What's your to go IDE / text editor to code in Chromebook?
    - drcode 8y ago
      debian version of UI emacs works great
- jayd16 8y ago
  The GPU (or lack of it) leaves something to be desired if you want to build anything graphics intensive, but its quite a nice machine otherwise.
- mtgx 8y ago
  I imagine Android apps have to be emulated on the x86 chips, just like they were on Atom phones.
- jacksmith21006 8y ago
  Been using for a bit now and not even turned on my Mac since buying the pixel book. Everything has worked so far. Love being able to use the exact same containers on my laptop I use in the cloud.
fulafel 8y ago
The Pixelbook is available only in US/Canada/UK, I wonder what the story is there.
drudru11 8y ago
Do you have to do that weird thing of not hitting the space bar on boot up to get into developer mode?

by drcode 8y ago

forgot-my-pw 8y ago

How's the Pixelbook? Anything missing for software development? Can you run everything without needing crouton/ubuntu installed?

drcode 8y ago
Works great, just enable linux support and you can apt-get whatever you want and run UI apps right next to chromeOS windows. Glitches are few and far between, though it's still only a beta feature. EDIT: Yes, the lack of GPU support is still a major limitation.
- forgot-my-pw 8y ago
  What's your to go IDE / text editor to code in Chromebook?
  - drcode 8y ago
    debian version of UI emacs works great
jayd16 8y ago
The GPU (or lack of it) leaves something to be desired if you want to build anything graphics intensive, but its quite a nice machine otherwise.
mtgx 8y ago
I imagine Android apps have to be emulated on the x86 chips, just like they were on Atom phones.
jacksmith21006 8y ago
Been using for a bit now and not even turned on my Mac since buying the pixel book. Everything has worked so far. Love being able to use the exact same containers on my laptop I use in the cloud.

fulafel 8y ago

The Pixelbook is available only in US/Canada/UK, I wonder what the story is there.

drudru11 8y ago

Do you have to do that weird thing of not hitting the space bar on boot up to get into developer mode?