Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

blog.johnozbay.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

151–160 of 187 posts

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#151

Post by traderj0e »

QuercusMax wrote: post #134
traderj0e wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm willing to bet it's easier to set up a Linux VM on a Chromebook than on a Mac. But the other side is that anything not explicitly requiring Linux will work natively in macOS, where you also get a nicer terminal. Like I've not needed a Linux VM in years, and the author doing web dev probably won't either.

pretty dang easy to run a Linux container on MacOS using Colima ( https://github.com/abiosoft/colima ).

Crostini is built into the Chromebook, vs macOS where I hear a different container solution every time someone asks about it. Colima is a new one to me. Maybe it works great and the others do too, but full 1P support is a step up.

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#152

Post by traderj0e »

whalesalad wrote: post #133
traderj0e wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's like Linux users who scream about Arch KDE Plasma being better than Kubuntu XFCE++ and change their entire GUI every year. They're obsessing over rounded corners lining up. None of this matters that much. It's more serious on iPhones cause it's glitchy in ways that will interfere with basic usage, also yet another "we need old phones to feel slower" update.

Really hilarious to complain about inconsistency in macOS and then encourage jumping to linux where you have one GTK app, one QT app, an electron app, and some secret fourth thing all running simultaneously with zero consistency or adherence to any kind of human interface guidelines.

and it's hotly debated what is the "correct" way to install Steam in Linux, even though you'd think whatever steampowered.com says is obviously the right way (same with other things)

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#153

Post by wtallis »

clear0250 wrote: post #128

So we're calling normal usb ports "old school" now?

The type-a ports that are 30 years old, have always been frustrating to orient correctly, and are significantly constrained in data rates and power delivery compared to type-c that has been common for a decade? Yes, calling that "old school" is reasonable.

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#154

Post by lukan »

wffurr wrote: post #146
lukan wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hm, maybe that part is more polished, but I don't use it. My pain points are very basic stuff, quickly opening a file explorer, finding files, copy paste, navigating folders. It all improved, but still feels awkward and is way slower (takes more clicks/key presses) than in linux or windows.

I have never had any problem with any of those things on any OS I have used. Pin the files app to your taskbar, boom, easy access to files and folders. Hit the circle key and type in the launcher box to search. Copy paste is...identical other than Ctrl vs cmd? ChromeOS is fine. I wish they hadn't given up on Steam and models with dgpus, but I prefer playing games on a Switch these days anyway.

How can I copy a filepath?

How to go to a specific path? Not by clicking on the filepath like I can do in other OS.

(Apart from that, most of my hate comes from the early days of chromeOS, where the file browser was really, really slow. Doing cd and cp in terminal was blazingly fast, but in the filebrowser the same operations were crippling slow (on different devices), so much that I learned to avoid it. That bug/unoptimal implementation (?) got fixed some years ago and in general it improved, but it is still no joy for me using it)

Edit: I just intentionally tried out some things with my chromeOS device, and noticed many pain points are still there, but the file explorers "search" improved a lot. I allmost like it (more than that of windows file explorer)

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#155

Post by nekooooo »

Aurornis wrote: post #47

Going from complaining about Apple not having enough polish in the fine details of their UI to suggesting we all switch to Chromebooks is so completely inconsistent that there must be other motivations. In one post they're complaining about things like Apple having the search bar in different locations in different apps, and in the next post they're seriously trying to tell us that a laptop that requires modifying th…

forest for the trees engineer behaviour

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#156

Post by stasomatic »

Carrok wrote: post #140
monooso wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given your chosen quotes, I don't understand your confusion. The author explicitly acknowledges that Apple makes excellent hardware, and the desire to switch is driven solely by problems with the software (OS). > All this made me realize Liquid Glass and Apple's software incompetence is absolutely universally hated, yet their hardware is universally loved. So credit where it's due, they make great hardware.

I have no issue with liquid glass. IMO it’s a few people making a bunch of noise about vanishingly minor complaints. So, like all things, not universal.

Me neither. Much ado about nothing, just fodder for podcast fillers. I've been on the Mac since System 6. It's not a badge of honor, it's that we've been there before. Ups and downs all along, but at least for me who doesn't run anything in production on a Mac, all these squeals are annoying noise. Don't like it, get something else, it's just a machine, dude. Turnis will not read your emails.

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#157

Post by tverbeure »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #71
tverbeure wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

*criterion. criterium is not even a typo, it’s an actual word but it doesn’t mean what you think it means, unless you’re planning to use your laptop while bicycling.

As a Belgian, I’m very familiar with cycling criteriums, but we use the same word for both! :-)

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#159

Post by Schiendelman »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #141
vile_wretch wrote: post #97

> Figma and Spotify have some of the best web apps out there as well, so that's all good too! The Spotify web app is still much more limited than the desktop app. > Did you know that Adobe ported Photoshop etc to web, with all the AI bells and whistles and the web apps perform incredibly well? Perfect if all you need out of Photoshop is the AI portion, I guess. > As a side note, it is no surprise that Adobe's suite o…

> Apple's most bulletproof "just works" features ever It only just works if all devices are logged in to the same Apple account. Otherwise you have to allow a 10 minute window in the phones settings. Work Mac laptop not logged in won’t see an iPhone unless you go into settings. My home and work PCs I both own can’t even be airdropped to, I know some people think this adds value to Mac machines but in a world where th…

Uh no. Just have the accounts in each other's contacts.

Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook

#160

Post by mac-attack »

striking wrote: post #25
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #8

Good 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.

No need to reinvent the wheel: https://docs.chrultrabook.com/docs/installing/installing-lin...

Been running Debian on an hp Chromebook for 2y now.

Post reply on HN