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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 salvar »

willtim wrote: post #218
rifung wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

Are you concerned that consumers start demanding what they want, because it's not what you want?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by pjmlp »

zulln wrote: post #219
pjmlp wrote: post #191

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> 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.

And what is the ratio to regular laptops?

I travel regularly around central and southern Europe.

So far the only consumer shops I ever saw them on sale were the Media Markt, Saturn, FNAC chains.

Usually they have like one or two devices on show, and quite often with some kind of discount deal.

It reminds me of the Netbook Linux days, when such deals would be going for weeks until finally someone bought them.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

donatj wrote: post #184
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…

> No thanks I don't really want black bars when watching movies... I genuinely never understand people that watch movies on laptops. I find it a wholly unenjoyable experience. Do you own a TV? You’re missing so much of the experience watching a movie on anything smaller than 45” and TVs are dirt cheap these days. I saw a 65” the other day for $250...

The TV itself may be cheap but the space it requires probably isn't. How do you fit one 45" screen per person in a small appartment?

I genuinely don't understand why people put huge TV screens in their small rooms given that a smaller screen at closer distance produces the same visual effect.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by xg15 »

willtim wrote: post #218
rifung wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

I can't remember consumers demanding glued-in batteries. I think decisions like this are taken for all kinds of reasons (CEO preference, ease of design and assembly, lock-in, etc) and then presented to consumers as packages that they can accept or decline. But it's too simple to say that this is solely driven by consumer choice.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by xg15 »

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.

> ThinkPad trackpad is no smaller than a MacBook from a few years ago.

Why would a comparison with products from years ago be valid here?

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by xg15 »

timvisee wrote: post #4

I wonder why they are using a VM running Debian for Linux applications, as Chrome OS is already Linux (Gentoo) based itself.

I guess because they want to keep the actual OS locked down. This way you can run any kind of linux software and even pretend to be root, all without really having root access to the pixelbook.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by jeffhuys »

ptman wrote: post #213
Daycrawler wrote: post #205

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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.

I prefer 16:9 or 16:10 because I have a lot of windows side-by-side most of the time. I don't have 1 file open while coding, most of the time 2 or 3, in that case a wider screen is better in my opinion.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by cube2222 »

jeffhuys wrote: post #227
ptman wrote: post #213

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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.

I prefer 16:9 or 16:10 because I have a lot of windows side-by-side most of the time. I don't have 1 file open while coding, most of the time 2 or 3, in that case a wider screen is better in my opinion.

I've got a surface and in my opinion 3:2 is actually better for multitasking. You can fit two windows vertically. So you end up having 4 windows side by side.

Re: You can now run Linux apps on Chrome OS

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Post by Matt3o12_ »

xg15 wrote: post #224
willtim wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I can't remember consumers demanding glued-in batteries. I think decisions like this are taken for all kinds of reasons (CEO preference, ease of design and assembly, lock-in, etc) and then presented to consumers as packages that they can accept or decline. But it's too simple to say that this is solely driven by consumer choice.

Consumers demanded slimmer designs over glued in batteries, soldered RAM chips, etc. So the market responded by gluing in batteries and soldering ram. In a way, the consumers did demand that.
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