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This was kinda what I was trying to suss out. I've gradually started thinking of Macbooks as "not general-purpose." For example, I can no longer get gdb working
by akkartik 5y ago
This was kinda what I was trying to suss out. I've gradually started thinking of Macbooks as "not general-purpose." For example, I can no longer get gdb working on them. At least it's imposed enough barriers that I haven't been incentivized to spend a lot of effort getting over.
Going back to your original comment above, a general purpose computer definitely helps. But as the chromebook side of things shows, it's not sufficient.
- quanticle 5y agoI don't think Chromebooks are general-purpose devices either. You certainly can't install arbitrary code on them. A Chromebook is closer to an iPad-with-a-keyboard than it is to a general-purpose laptop running Linux (or even Windows).
- akkartik 5y agoI don't particularly like Chromebooks, but this doesn't seem like a fair characterization. You can put Chromebooks in Developer Mode without needing anyone's permission. You can install Linux on them. You can run Linux programs on them. (Though I don't know for sure that you can run gdb on them.)