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You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by Blaiz0r »

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'm using a XPS 15 9550 with Arch linux installed, didn't have to setup up anything special apart from bumblebee I suppose it works really well for me.

What sort of issues did you have?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by chi3 »

confounded wrote: post #114
mschuster91 wrote: post #74

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> with a proper display resolution 3:2? No thanks I don't really want black bars when watching movies... What I'd really really like is something with the build quality (especially the touchpad!) of a MacBook Pro, with decent and recent hardware, first class Linux support for all features, support for both USB-C and "old" USB and a decent keyboard with it. And that without paying more than for an technologically outd…

You’re pretty much describing Purism’s Librem line of laptops: https://puri.sm/products/librem-13/

Aren't they just Clevo computers? If so, the ones I've used have _nowhere_ near premium build quality.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by ptman »

Daycrawler wrote: post #205
jmagoon wrote: post #45

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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?

It depends on what you do. 16:9 is better for wathing 16:9 movies. But if you read lots of text, narrower, longer columns are usually a lot more handy. We have way more vertical than horizontal scrollbars.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by aembleton »

Daycrawler wrote: post #205
jmagoon wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

More vertical space for reading text, including code

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by dagw »

airstrike wrote: post #162
confounded wrote: post #114

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You’re pretty much describing Purism’s Librem line of laptops: https://puri.sm/products/librem-13/

Wow. Thanks for sharing. This is amazing... it's like it was made for me but I'm sure my wife won't approve the idea of buying yet another computer. Good daydreaming material, though!

Here's a review and discussion from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16894557

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by willtim »

nkristoffersen wrote: post #203
thomastjeffery wrote: post #189

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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.

Modern plastic composites with carbon fiber / glass fibers can perform as well or better than metals with regard to strength-to-weight. Plastics also have many other properties that make it preferable for a laptop case. Apple have chosen aluminium to give the impression of build quality. The competition are too often judged by their plastic cases instead of other attributes, such as the lack of glued-in batteries and unreplaceable components.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by euyyn »

Daycrawler wrote: post #205
jmagoon wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Taller, better for coding.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by willtim »

rifung wrote: post #201
willtim wrote: post #97

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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.

Yes choice is good. But my concern is that consumers start demanding metal bodies, zero-travel keys and touch-bars everywhere, because Apple, and choice will be reduced. For example, I can no longer buy a mobile phone that doesn't have a glued-in battery.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by zulln »

pjmlp wrote: post #191
tambourine_man wrote: post #70

You hear that Adobe? You now have a lot of potential costumers to sell your Creative Cloud package to. I bet those Chromebooks are selling like hot cakes and many schools would love to offer training for your tools. As a side benefit, you'd get a lot of neglected Pro Apple costumers (well, one at least), which would love to use some blessed by Adobe Linux distro. Also… >…meaning that even less powerful machines shoul…

> Chromebooks are selling like hot cakes Not in Europe they aren't, here even as "Deal of day" they hardly get a buyer on consumer shops, always stuck alone in a dark corner of the shop, if they are there at all.

But they are selling to schools, at least in Sweden.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by simonh »

calcifer wrote: post #187
simonh wrote: post #175

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>Wine is not an emulator, for crying out loud To those of us that used it back when Wine officially stood for Windows Emulator, people nowadays getting all upset on this point is an ever green source of amusement.

It never officially stood for that.The backronym was there even when the name WINE itself was very, very new [1]. [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.linux.misc/_g3F2H4ie...

Interesting linked post, thanks, but the project FAQ was headlined "The Wine (Windows Emulator) FAQ" even in 1998. Wine clearly is an emulator of the Windows APIs, it's just not a CPU emulator which was a much more common thing back then.
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