I actually tried this last year and the show stopper was Citrix. The version for Chromebooks is some abomination that hasn't been kept recent and so fails validation with my employer's Citrix infra.
I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
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Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#22I can't think of any valid reason for a person with sane mind to do this. Yes, macOS is somewhat closed, but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
> but it's definitely more open than ChromeOS.
I don't think that's entirely true. For instance, ChromeOS supports Mesa, which macOS has spent the past decade pretending doesn't exist.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#23Good Lord, what next? “I switched from Mac to Windows and you can too”? Might make sense if the Chromebook can be degoogled and set up with a clean Linux distro. Barring that, a regular laptop with Linux may be an option.
Framework has always been appealing to me as a Mac competitor
If I could choose only 1 criterium to select a laptop, it's the quality of the trackpad. So far, I haven't tried anything that comes close to a Macbook.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#24Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#25Good Lord, what next? “I switched from Mac to Windows and you can too”? Might make sense if the Chromebook can be degoogled and set up with a clean Linux distro. Barring that, a regular laptop with Linux may be an option.
Yeah, it's definitely possible. https://github.com/altreact/archbk shows how you might do this end to end on an older machine and this thread https://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=17308 shows some progress in that direction on this particular device.
The real question is if you have enough patience to power through making it work.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#26Sounds like the author could have used just about any laptop in the world and it would serve him well.
So, what's the point of the article?
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#27Might become more interesting if the Android powered laptop rumors are true.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#28Chrome OS? No, thank you. I'll stay with macOS and keep hoping for the Asahi Linux dream
you can run Arch proper in UTM.app on macos...utm is available on the app store or open source, and wraps the apple silicon hypervisor.framework.
it works fantastic magic. i had dual booted Asahi for a year or so, but really for no good reason once i realized UTM existed.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#29I went the other way: from a Pixelbook to a Macbook Air. I mostly do SW development in the CLI, so the Linux subsystem on the chromebook was fine, as is macports/homebrew/etc. on the mac. I would still be using the Pixelbook if I could have replaced its battery. The low-end Air had good price-performance tradeoff, and the Neo would probably be today's choice.
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#30Ragebait pandemic spread here too?