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What about installing Ubuntu on these and developing on that? Has anyone reliably done that? Doesn't that make more sense.
by magic5227 14y ago
What about installing Ubuntu on these and developing on that? Has anyone reliably done that?
Doesn't that make more sense.
- duck 14y agoFrom a couple weeks ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4929282 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4929282. From that though, I got the impression that using linux isn't easier.
- magic5227 14y agoDo you know if Ubuntu will be addressing the issues that were reported? They must have ARM on the roadmap
- rwmj 14y agoI have Fedora on mine and it's fine for light development. Slightly slower, though not noticably for most things, with a smaller amount of storage. Edit: using these instructions, which work fine despite the slightly scary warning at the top: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Samsung_Chromebook_2012 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Samsung_Chr...
- fmstephe 14y agoI have done both. I have used a Chromebook to code on a linode vm and I have installed Ubuntu on the same Chromebook to develop locally. For my purposes they both work very well. The reason I switched to Ubuntu on the Chromebook was that an easy to use installer was available. Now that I can do development on the machine locally I can use it on the train, where previously the 3G connection wasn't reliable enough. I love it. However, it should be noted that I used vim for both setups. Although I haven't tried, I don't write Java in my spare time, I think that using Eclipse or Netbeans would be disappointing on the Chromebook. But if your tools are simple you can get a great deal of joy from these laptops. I have really never enjoyed a computer as much as I enjoy my Chromebook. Alas, right now I am typing this from my monster VAIO laptop, because my wife took the Chromebook on holiday.