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Do you run Linux? I think even web browsing on Windows with this is challenging
by ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Do you run Linux? I think even web browsing on Windows with this is challenging
- sokoloff 5y agoIt's running ChromeOS with the Linux dev system installed. I did last year's Advent of Code in Clojure on this device, including some airplane trips. (I didn't solve every puzzle, but the limitation on the ones I didn't get was me, not the Chromebook. It runs Emacs, cider, and the Clojure REPL just fine.) I'm typing on it right now and it's fine for casual use. (It gets a fair amount of weekend use because I neither want to undock my work laptop nor carry around something that large, expensive, and heavy.) Would I run it as my only computer if $500 wouldn't pressure my family finances? Probably not. If my choice was between this and nothing, that's an even easier choice.
- jewel 5y agoThe bottleneck is usually RAM. It looks like his device has 4GB, which is similar to what a cell phone has. It doesn't take much manufacturer-supplied bloatware, bad drivers, or background processes to use up that much RAM but a Chromebook is just the kernel and Chrome, so you get a lot of bang for your buck.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoSimilar to what a mid-range phone has :)