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Re: Data science on a chromebook

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Post by jethro_tell » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 4:21 PM UTC

JoshMnem wrote: post #15

jethro_tell wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use mine full time for systems eng and devOps type tasks. All GUI tasks are handled by chrome with the exception of my password safe which is an android app. I use crouton for a shell and ssh to local host with the ssh extension. I love it, it's clean, lite, updated all the time. It's the reverse of my old workflow which was a browser on linux. Now I run linux on a browswer (same thing really) and google handles dr…

Linux isn't that difficult to use any more. I didn't need to do any special configuration with my current laptop. Battery life is about 11-13 hours. ThinkPad t460. 24 Gb of RAM. USD $1,900 including tax, shipping, and a 4-year, next-day, at-home repair plan where they will drive to my home to fix it on the next business day, even if I spill coffee on it. I don't understand why people encourage the use of restricted t…

To get a basic set up not to hard. I've used linux exclusively, with the 'exception' of chromebooks in the last year. I put that in quotes because it's a linux box. There are a couple purpose built boxes out there designed to run linux. That is boxes that mostly cost $1500+ and chromebooks. You just won't get a better linux experience for $300 than a chromebook.

Even when you get a purpose built box, like the xps, they end up having wifi driver issues for years or whatever.

Claiming you don't own a chromebook is strange to me. If you put crouton on it, you root it as your first step. I root mine anyways as part of setup since they have a bash shell. The code is open and you have root on the box so what is it that you don't own?

It's great if you can pay 2k for a laptop and own the whole thing, but there are a lot of people who might want a box that is 300 and they can own the whole thing and I think a chromebook gives them that option.

Re: Data science on a chromebook

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Post by jethro_tell » Wed, Aug 30, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

exhilaration wrote: post #14

jethro_tell wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use mine full time for systems eng and devOps type tasks. All GUI tasks are handled by chrome with the exception of my password safe which is an android app. I use crouton for a shell and ssh to local host with the ssh extension. I love it, it's clean, lite, updated all the time. It's the reverse of my old workflow which was a browser on linux. Now I run linux on a browswer (same thing really) and google handles dr…

Which model do you have?

I started with an acer c720 2GBram. Everything was pretty good until you filled up the ram and it just force closed a bunch of tabs. Used that as my primary personal laptop for 1 year. It's not a little linux terminal for my daughter as it didn't get android apps, and OS support is about over.

I moved to a Lenovo 13 Chromebook with 8GB ram and an i5 and 64 gb SSD, and the 1080 p screen. That's my primary laptop now.

I also have a acer r11 which is pretty solid. I'd love to use that but it has a small screen. That gets used around the house by the rest of the family for various tasks and is in a stock state.

I may look to move to acers next 11 in. They have been really solid but I need 1080 and usb C charging for anything else I buy. Not buying more chargers.

Re: Data science on a chromebook

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Post by dang » Thu, Aug 31, 2017, 5:57 AM UTC

throwaway1232-4 wrote: post #20

JoshMnem wrote: post #3

Instead of showing people what can be done with a restricted computer, why not encourage them to use non-restricted computers instead? Data science on a Chromebook that has Linux installed would be better.

Because it's useful to be able to access the same state from everywhere, and to not have to worry if the computer in front of you gets destroyed or stolen. Plus Chromebooks are more resistant to viruses and tampering. Thinking about a Chromebook as a restricted computer is kind of like thinking of a USB keyboard as a restricted computer. Yeah, you can't really use it as a general-purpose computer. But that's not the…

Would you please not routinely create throwaway accounts here? It's fine if you have sensitive information, but not as a default.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Data science on a chromebook

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Post by throwaway1232-4 » Fri, Sep 01, 2017, 12:06 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #23

throwaway1232-4 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it's useful to be able to access the same state from everywhere, and to not have to worry if the computer in front of you gets destroyed or stolen. Plus Chromebooks are more resistant to viruses and tampering. Thinking about a Chromebook as a restricted computer is kind of like thinking of a USB keyboard as a restricted computer. Yeah, you can't really use it as a general-purpose computer. But that's not the…

Would you please not routinely create throwaway accounts here? It's fine if you have sensitive information, but not as a default. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Sadly, in our current world, it doesn't appear wise to create a long record of commentary under a single username here, no matter how innocuous the comments might seem at the time. Or, to put it another way, everything is sensitive now.

In any case, I will simply stop posting to HN altogether.