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If you just want to run some Linux software, or do linux development, a modern Chromebook is totally sufficient. The built-in Linux VM is easy to set up and no
by pphysch 3y ago
If you just want to run some Linux software, or do linux development, a modern Chromebook is totally sufficient. The built-in Linux VM is easy to set up and no longer requires voiding your warranty.
Docker, VSCode, et al works great.
It's a very different world than 5+ years ago with crouton, etc.
- _joel 3y agoFair one if it's improved but it still feels on par with WSL2 for user experience, some people like that I guess. A vanilla linux laptop just seems better imho but I've not played with one for a while, I admit.
- pphysch 3y agoWSL2 has significantly worse experience IME. The ChromeOS Linux VM takes like 10 seconds to launch initially, but after that I haven't observed any latency. Meanwhile, the same dev stack running in WSL2 has noticeable latency e.g. seconds of extra delay launching any containerized Python interpreter (on a powerful Windows desktop workstation, too).
- ritchiey 3y agoTo me the big difference between the two is security. WSL2 mounts the windows file systems. A VM in crostini is completely isolated and yet it can still display windows on the main desktop. The only other thing I know that does that is QubesOS.