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I have wanted to try Chrome for the longest time but I cant justify overspending (you need a lot of memory for the modern web) and not being able to install hal
by giancarlostoro 1y ago
I have wanted to try Chrome for the longest time but I cant justify overspending (you need a lot of memory for the modern web) and not being able to install half the Linux apps I would want OOTB (out of the box is a big deal for me).
I am still shocked Google has not rubbed two brain cells together and built a serious Google ChromeOS version for developers with a real desktop environment and real access to Linux, and keeping the browser as sandboxed as they have. I would spend top dollar on such a laptop. Heck it could come with an easy way to install Android Studio, and native apps for things like Hangouts or whatever they call it now.
- petralithic 1y agoThat's literally ChromeOS now, it comes with a terminal built in and you can run any Linux apps
- giancarlostoro 1y agoWithout doing too much fancy stuff can I just run Zed or JetBrains IDEs?
- yellowapple 1y agoBack when I tried to daily-drive a Chromebook Pixel it was, like, one flag in the settings app to enable Crostini and run whatever (GNU/)Linux program my heart desired, and that was many years ago; can't imagine it's gotten any harder (especially now that even Android is starting to offer similarly-turnkey Linux app support through the newfangled Terminal app).
- petralithic 1y agoYes you can run them, they work well.