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Chromebooks with Crostini make for a good "second laptop". It is finally getting to the point where it is usable as my daily driver. The main advantage is tha
by derekp7 8y ago
Chromebooks with Crostini make for a good "second laptop". It is finally getting to the point where it is usable as my daily driver.
The main advantage is that in ChromeOS, things like Netflix and Hulu work at full resolution. And everything is touch optimized. Under Crostini, Linux apps are getting very well integrated.
Note, that there are still a few things that are in the works yet. I'm on the beta channel, and just got v74, which gives audio support to Linux apps. And 3d is still being worked out. (Audio in isn't in place yet though, for security reasons).
I also have a Thinkpad X1 Yoga, which so far has been 0 trouble with Linux (suspend/hibernate work as expected). The only thing that doesn't work is the fingerprint scanner. Thinkpads in general are fairly well supported, partly because many Red Hat developers carry thinkpads from what I've heard.
- taf2 8y agoI agree, after the MacBook keyboard touchbar thing I’ve started using a chrome slate tablet and was amazed by how fast it is. It doesn’t have fans so it can’t be fast for long compute operations but short compiles or bursts are very fast. The keyboard is simple but yea tablet keyboard but it’s so small and lite I can carry with me almost everywhere. The biggest issue for me is when restarting the device for upgrades I lose my whole Linux even setup. Although I enjoyed finally learning how to use tabs in screen.