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>so getting computer-illiterate people onto a "web-only" device is great. I recently replaced my wife's aging MacBook Air with the Samsung/ARM Chromebook - she
by tomsaffell 13y ago
>so getting computer-illiterate people onto a "web-only" device is great.
I recently replaced my wife's aging MacBook Air with the Samsung/ARM Chromebook - she much prefers it. It doesn't overheat, nor require frequent restarts. But she has a Masters in CS, and works from the command line, so let's add to, "computer-illiterate people" , "..and people who dont want to spend time nursing their computer".
- bsimpson 13y agoI haven't used my Air since getting a Pixel. When I need to build something, I fire up Sublime in VT3.
- randall 13y agoWhat's VT3?
- bsimpson 13y agoVirtual Terminal 3. If you press Ctrl-Alt-F2 (forward arrow), you'll get to VT2. You can install crouton and run xinit, which will start a window manager in VT3 (Ctrl-Alt-F3/Reload). I've got my setup scripted here: https://github.com/appsforartists/pixel_webdev https://github.com/appsforartists/pixel_webdev
- banjomonster 13y agoI think he means this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_console
- hayksaakian 13y agoI would also like to know what vt3 is
- kunai 13y agoDon't have one yet, but are there any window managers with high-resolution support out yet? I may just get a Pixel if there are. I know Unity hasn't, and Gnome 3 (my favorite) has pixel-doubling support on the way, but if there are any others or if you've been able to optimize an X WM to be readable and polished.
- bsimpson 13y agoI've been using Openbox with no complaints. My setup is documented here: https://github.com/appsforartists/pixel_webdev https://github.com/appsforartists/pixel_webdev All I use it for is Sublime Text, so things more-or-less look great for me. The problem with Linux is that there are multiple ways of doing any one thing. So, just because Openbox and Sublime can handle high DPI doesn't mean your run-of-the-mill KDE/GTK app will.
- tommaxwell 13y agoAnother option is https://www.nitrous.io/app https://www.nitrous.io/app Fully-featured web IDE; supports Ruby, Python, Go, and more. You provision a box to do your development on.
- groundCode 13y agoI've just started tinkering with nitrous.io - I have to say it's very impressive and it makes the chromebook an actual usable device for development out of the box without any tinkering
- tommaxwell 13y agoGood to hear. I haven't actually used it much yet but it's made me consider getting a Chromebook.
- hnriot 13y agoWhy wouldn't you wife replace her own computer?
- tomsaffell 13y agoGood question! I'm sufficiently interested in technology for its own sake that I keep abreast of developments in the PC industry, so I already knew about Chromebooks, and that they would be a good fit for her. My wife does not keep abreast of developments in the PC industry (she wont mind me saying that :), so as far as she was concerned, there was no such thing as a $250 PC that would easily usurp her MBA, so she didnt even consider it.
- hnriot 13y agoand a 5 minute browse on Amazon didn't occur to her? Your wife is right, there is no such thing as a sub $250 pc that would usurp her MBP