Which chromebook will you recommend to run linux? or another kind of computer? I'm just interested in a C compiler, gdb, etc. Just to experiment. But I don't want to install any distro in my actual computer neither installing virtual box, etc. Thank you for your answers.
Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux?
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#2Raspberry Pi
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#3Chromebook?
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#4I think you can run most distros of Linux from a Live CD or USB and never actually install it. I could be completely wrong, though.
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#5Raspberry Pi
Pi zero is only $5
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#6I was going to mention CHIP for $9 https://getchip.com/ but in the time it took me to login somebody posted the Pi zero for $5 so I probably needn't mention it. I will anyway.
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#7http://www.cygwin.com/
No need to use a virtual machine or install Linux. Just install Cygwin for a Linux command line environment.
I heard that Microsoft is adding an Ubuntu environment to Windows 10 in the future. But you can use Cygwin right now.
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#8I was going to mention CHIP for $9 https://getchip.com/ but in the time it took me to login somebody posted the Pi zero for $5 so I probably needn't mention it. I will anyway.
None of those are really available to the public though
It's a pain, the CHIP looks like it's going to be really cool
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#9http://www.cygwin.com/ No need to use a virtual machine or install Linux. Just install Cygwin for a Linux command line environment. I heard that Microsoft is adding an Ubuntu environment to Windows 10 in the future. But you can use Cygwin right now.
The 'Ubuntu' environment has been around on Windows Insider Preview builds for a while now ;)