You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS • Hacker News Board

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by rifung » Wed, May 09, 2018, 6:49 AM UTC

willtim wrote: post #97

mschuster91 wrote: post #82

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Give me a Thinkpad with a full aluminium body, a touchpad with a size that's actually usable and we'll talk. Sorry but I have developed a real dislike for small touchpads incapable of reliable gestures and full plastic bodies.

A metal body is heavy, prone to dents and attenuates radio. Why are you so keen on having one? The X1 Carbon is lighter, tougher and more serviceable than a MacBook Pro, in part because of a better choice of materials. As for trackpads, Apple keep making them larger and larger, so a ThinkPad trackpad is no smaller than a MacBook from a few years ago. The keyboard is surely the primary concern.

> A metal body is heavy, prone to dents and attenuates radio. Why are you so keen on having one?

I like how it feels and looks. Is that so wrong?

I have used an X1 Carbon for the last year but when I can I will probably go back to the MBP for the trackpad. I guess different people just have different preferences?

Let's be happy there's enough choices to hopefully satisfy everyone.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by arthurfm » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:05 AM UTC

indescions_2018 wrote: post #49

More details in XDA Developers interview with Kan Liu. Also suggesting GPU acceleration support later this year https://www.xda-developers.com/chrome-os-linux-app-support-g... My prediction: VS Code / Pixelbook becomes a formidable devenv for many in the coming months ;) You can always try Neverware on a live usb to get a taste https://www.neverware.com/freedownload

Official announcement at 32:50 in the Google I/O Developer Keynote.

https://youtu.be/flU42CTF3MQ?t=1970

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by nkristoffersen » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:08 AM UTC

thomastjeffery wrote: post #189

Koshkin wrote: post #129

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> A metal body is heavy You are thinking of cast iron, probably.

Aluminum is relatively heavy. Certainly heavier than plastic.

And weight is relative to strength and dimensions in this conversation, right? Plastic starts to get pretty large to match strength of aluminum.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by ilovecars2 » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:23 AM UTC

paultopia wrote: post #41

I think this is great. I bought a chromebook flip a couple of years ago, with the intention of putting Linux on it---only to find that the hardware is depressingly bad and the ARM processor makes the Linux experience terrible (had to install Arch, never did manage to make basic things like the JVM work right, eventually gave up on it). Since then, I've been very skeptical of the notion of buying chromebooks as cheap…

I have a Dell XPS 15 at work and it's so difficult to install and setup Linux between the M2 SSD drive and the Nvidia Optimus GPU. Would not recommend.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by Daycrawler » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:23 AM UTC

jmagoon wrote: post #45

paultopia wrote: post #41

I think this is great. I bought a chromebook flip a couple of years ago, with the intention of putting Linux on it---only to find that the hardware is depressingly bad and the ARM processor makes the Linux experience terrible (had to install Arch, never did manage to make basic things like the JVM work right, eventually gave up on it). Since then, I've been very skeptical of the notion of buying chromebooks as cheap…

The other good thing about this is that the Pixelbook is a 3:2 screen, so finally there's a laptop with a proper display resolution that can run Linux nicely. There's a good community of folks over at https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/ who have been tinkering with this for quite some time.

Why is 3:2 better than standard 16:9?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by Daycrawler » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:26 AM UTC

paultopia wrote: post #41

I think this is great. I bought a chromebook flip a couple of years ago, with the intention of putting Linux on it---only to find that the hardware is depressingly bad and the ARM processor makes the Linux experience terrible (had to install Arch, never did manage to make basic things like the JVM work right, eventually gave up on it). Since then, I've been very skeptical of the notion of buying chromebooks as cheap…

My last two laptops were an HP Pavilion and an Acer Swift. Linux Mint installs and works without a problem.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by sitepodmatt » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:35 AM UTC

Will gnome-terminal work? What about a clipboard manager? A screenshot tool? OpenVPN?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by jhoh » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:43 AM UTC

ilovecars2 wrote: post #204

paultopia wrote: post #41

I think this is great. I bought a chromebook flip a couple of years ago, with the intention of putting Linux on it---only to find that the hardware is depressingly bad and the ARM processor makes the Linux experience terrible (had to install Arch, never did manage to make basic things like the JVM work right, eventually gave up on it). Since then, I've been very skeptical of the notion of buying chromebooks as cheap…

I have a Dell XPS 15 at work and it's so difficult to install and setup Linux between the M2 SSD drive and the Nvidia Optimus GPU. Would not recommend.

I run Arch on my XPS 15, too. Had it up and running after the usual Arch Wiki binge reading and a couple hours of trial and error. But that's what I always do when installing Arch.

A couple weeks ago I did a fresh install with Manjaro. With this the installation process goes down to around 10 minutes and everything (bluetooth, touchpad, function keys, optirun etc.) works out of the box.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by fergie » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:47 AM UTC

Does this mean that you can just open a bash shell and start doing bash stuff? If so that is fantastic, and is maybe enough to get me back onto a Chromebook.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by nkristoffersen » Wed, May 09, 2018, 7:48 AM UTC

rileyphone wrote: post #181

redial wrote: post #101

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> Linux desktops could catch on in the mainstream market just fine if they had the marketing budget, brand recognition, and vendor support of Google The problem with Linux on the mainstream is Linux, it has nothing to do with not having a huge brand like Google's nor with marketing, just ask Dell. Linux offers exactly what the enterprise market needs and it is a huge success, far bigger than anyone in the 90s ever im…

Linux isn't the problem: with enough money and time, you could build an OS around Linux that a user can use just like MacOS or Windows. Sony built an operating system around FreeBSD for the PS4 that noone recognises as such. The problem is that open source software (which Linux necessarily attracts due to licensing and reputaion) is designed by people with a fundamentally different view of ergonomics, and the number…

Obviously time and money aren’t the problem. Look at windows phone. Microsoft wasn’t being frugal in marketing