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I think the thing that has always held me back from finally pulling the trigger on A chromebook pixel is the fact that you have to dismiss the "developer mode" popup everytime you boot. I guess that is a bit of a nitpick though and it otherwise seems like a solid machine.
https://github.com/appsforartists/pixel_webdev
It uses crouton to setup a bare minimum dev environment, using Sublime as the editor. It's designed for people who use ChromeOS for most things, but want a good text editor on top of that.
The hardware presentation is better than my rMBP 15. I just don't like having to jump through hoops to get it to do what I want.
They could have sold a lot more had it had a native Linux option OOB.
I think the thing that has always held me back from finally pulling the trigger on A chromebook pixel is the fact that you have to dismiss the "developer mode" popup everytime you boot. I guess that is a bit of a nitpick though and it otherwise seems like a solid machine.
The startup popup is annoying, but that's at most a one-off per day. It's the pixel's trackpad, mushy keyboard, and weak screen hinge that turns me off from using it as a dev machine.
It's great for couch surfing or as an ipad replacement, but I expect a dev machine to be more than a screen and a cheap price.
What are the odds of programs like SublimeText being able to run on ARM in the near future? I'm sure Eclipse would be far too heavy. Most of the 'Chromebook as a developer laptop' make it into a fancy SSH terminal - which is fine. But I don't really see a 'terminal' as a 'developer laptop'. I understand you can still access the internals of Linux along with the shell and other languages, but it doesn't work for a lot…
Yup. A full Linux OS like Ubuntu is nothing but a fancy SSH terminal.
While this is probably very helpful to Chromebook owners, it doesn't make me want to use a Chromebook for development, or understand the choice. If the hardware is particularly good (is it?), why doesn't someone make it easier to just straight up run Linux from the hard drive? I mean no weird scripts, SD cards, etc. but just a proper distro like Debian.
(I use a Pixel with plain old Debian. I have to press Ctrl-L every time I boot, as DanBC describes.)
I think the thing that has always held me back from finally pulling the trigger on A chromebook pixel is the fact that you have to dismiss the "developer mode" popup everytime you boot. I guess that is a bit of a nitpick though and it otherwise seems like a solid machine.
I don't get it. If Linux or Windows is the end goal, why not start with a Surface Pro (2)? The startup popup is annoying, but that's at most a one-off per day. It's the pixel's trackpad, mushy keyboard, and weak screen hinge that turns me off from using it as a dev machine. It's great for couch surfing or as an ipad replacement, but I expect a dev machine to be more than a screen and a cheap price.
What are the odds of programs like SublimeText being able to run on ARM in the near future? I'm sure Eclipse would be far too heavy. Most of the 'Chromebook as a developer laptop' make it into a fancy SSH terminal - which is fine. But I don't really see a 'terminal' as a 'developer laptop'. I understand you can still access the internals of Linux along with the shell and other languages, but it doesn't work for a lot…
With crouton, there are very few Linux apps that you can't run on a Chromebook. While I haven't tried it with SublimeText, I have run Eclipse on my Chromebook. It's not the smoothest experience, but it can get the job done. So far, Arduino and IntelliJ are the only apps that I haven't gotten working on my Chromebook. The former relies on some x86 libraries that obviously won't work on an ARM processor, and the latter…