How Chrome OS, Termux, YubiKey and Duo Mobile make for great usable security

Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 11:30 AM UTC

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>Just pure solid Does that actually exist?

I reboot once a month, so that it reboots at all. Despite using Arch Linux, and weekly "upgrade everything". I know it isn't everyone's experience, but I was exceedingly choosey about the hardware that went into my machine, so that I could do this. The only problem I've had in the last two years, was an incompatibility between ocaml and fish shell, which eliminated my PATH. Unfortunate, but an issue on the ocaml side…

Post by devy » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 1:05 PM UTC

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If you're going to compare to a Mac, it's better to look at the higher end Chromebooks like the Pixel 2, HP Chromebook 13, and Samsung Chromebook Pro. They all have screens with pixel density and quality that's on par with the 15" MacBook Pro I have.

> They all have screens with pixel density and quality that's on par with the 15" MacBook Pro I have. Alas, they also have price tags more on par with a Macbook.

Post by swiley » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 1:34 PM UTC

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> When things get completely borked (which in two weeks of heavy use only happened a couple of times for me) how are people willing to live with this? I would be furious if I had to lose all my state and (for all intents and purposes) restart my machine multiple times in two weeks. And if this "borking" happens right before or during a presentation (the author was writing about using this setup for giving talks on),…

(author here) I think this was misunderstood. I don't mean the _entire_ Chromebook or OS was unstable -- just the opposite actually. I was referring to having to restart Termux twice in two weeks. Two weeks of constant wake/sleep cycles on and off battery, and plugging/unplugging from an external monitor. In one case it was a hard kill and I lost one ssh window that had been open for a week. In the other, the Termux…

Post by AdmiralAsshat » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 2:31 PM UTC

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It is an inconvenience and a danger, yes. But the tradeoff with having crouton is having full access to a Linux environment, with all of the tools and programs that enables. Short of System76/Entroware/Dell XPS Developer Editions, the fact remains that moddable, Intel-series chromebooks are some of the best preconfigured Linux laptops you can buy, once you peel back the ChromeOS layer. I mentioned above that I think…

Just being curious here: to me crouton is also a quite limited Linux environment, for example docker is a no go on crouton, so what advantage do you think that has against android-based solution such as termux? Maybe a separate Linux install such as GalliumOS can really be called full access Linux environment?

Post by rdslw » Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 4:30 PM UTC

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> [...] will considerably straining my eyes before I am used to it. Dell XPS 13 included. You do realize the Dell XPS 13 has QHD as an option?

In fact I do! QHD is 1440p (2560x1440)[1] whereas Retina Display on a 13inch MacBook Pro is at 2560×1600, therefore Dell XPS 13 with QHD is still inferior. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#QH...