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Thanks - has this changed in the past few years? A few years back (when I last looked in depth), it was very easy at every boot (not only first boot) to accide

by isp 3y ago

Thanks - has this changed in the past few years? A few years back (when I last looked in depth), it was very easy at every boot (not only first boot) to accidentally wipe everything - e.g., https://www.reddit.com/r/Crouton/comments/3be2su/reducing_risk_of_accidentally_exiting_developers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Crouton/comments/3be2su/reducing_ri... I also remember that it made a loud beep on every boot!

senkora 3y ago
I used a Chromebook as my main laptop for a year in college, and I always had to apologize to nearby strangers for the beep. (CS major, coding happened mostly over SSH to the school servers, but I did run RStudio locally)
- ajross 3y ago
  How often does one reboot their laptop around nearby strangers? I gotta be honest that some of these criticisms seem a little strained. I mean, it's true, they beep at boot when dev mode is enabled!
  - senkora 3y ago
    It’s been awhile and I don’t remember why I had to reboot, but it did happen. I guess past me did a lot of work in cafes, office hours, and common areas. I do remember that running a certain R program consistently caused the Chromebook to turn off, which was quite an issue for one particular office hours session!
  - doubled112 3y ago
    I shut all of my computers all the way off when I’m finished using them, which means I have to turn them on when I start using them.
    - jeffbee 3y ago
      Is this an adaptation to some past trauma? I can't imagine a good reason to do this today, certainly not with ChromeOS.
      - doubled112 3y ago
        I don't think it's trauma, although I've been burned with suspend/wake cycles before. Suspend works great. It is usually that wake part if it's going to go wrong. If I close the lid, when I get back _I_ need a clean slate. I'll never remember what I was doing anyway. Modern machines boot and launch apps so fast I'm not really saving any time sleeping an empty desktop either.
        jeffbee 3y ago
        Interesting. It certainly costs several seconds to start and login to ChromeOS, while I have always enjoyed the fact that unlike other operating systems it is up and running before I even get the screen unfolded, from sleep.
        yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
        > while I have always enjoyed the fact that unlike other operating systems it is up and running before I even get the screen unfolded, from sleep. Other devices, maybe; it's at least as much firmware as OS. To this day the fastest wake from sleep I've seen was a random midrange Lenovo laptop that I got used, which is slightly maddening.
      - spookie 3y ago
        When talking about other OS, you might want to turn it off if you have your disk encrypted. So it serves its purpose.
        doubled112 3y ago
        Good point. I do indeed encrypt devices that leave the house.
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- Dylan16807 3y ago
  The key combo you use to get into dev mode, ctrl+D, will exit the warning screen before it beeps.
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by isp 3y ago

senkora 3y ago

I used a Chromebook as my main laptop for a year in college, and I always had to apologize to nearby strangers for the beep. (CS major, coding happened mostly over SSH to the school servers, but I did run RStudio locally)

ajross 3y ago
How often does one reboot their laptop around nearby strangers? I gotta be honest that some of these criticisms seem a little strained. I mean, it's true, they beep at boot when dev mode is enabled!
- senkora 3y ago
  It’s been awhile and I don’t remember why I had to reboot, but it did happen. I guess past me did a lot of work in cafes, office hours, and common areas. I do remember that running a certain R program consistently caused the Chromebook to turn off, which was quite an issue for one particular office hours session!
- doubled112 3y ago
  I shut all of my computers all the way off when I’m finished using them, which means I have to turn them on when I start using them.
  - jeffbee 3y ago
    Is this an adaptation to some past trauma? I can't imagine a good reason to do this today, certainly not with ChromeOS.
    - doubled112 3y ago
      I don't think it's trauma, although I've been burned with suspend/wake cycles before. Suspend works great. It is usually that wake part if it's going to go wrong. If I close the lid, when I get back _I_ need a clean slate. I'll never remember what I was doing anyway. Modern machines boot and launch apps so fast I'm not really saving any time sleeping an empty desktop either.
      - jeffbee 3y ago
        Interesting. It certainly costs several seconds to start and login to ChromeOS, while I have always enjoyed the fact that unlike other operating systems it is up and running before I even get the screen unfolded, from sleep.
        yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
        > while I have always enjoyed the fact that unlike other operating systems it is up and running before I even get the screen unfolded, from sleep. Other devices, maybe; it's at least as much firmware as OS. To this day the fastest wake from sleep I've seen was a random midrange Lenovo laptop that I got used, which is slightly maddening.
    - spookie 3y ago
      When talking about other OS, you might want to turn it off if you have your disk encrypted. So it serves its purpose.
      - doubled112 3y ago
        Good point. I do indeed encrypt devices that leave the house.
    - 3y ago
Dylan16807 3y ago
The key combo you use to get into dev mode, ctrl+D, will exit the warning screen before it beeps.

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