My only experience with running linux (ubuntu) natively was with the original CR-48 prototype devices. On those linux ran like a dream but the touchpad was a nightmare with no drivers to tweak. The installation process was a breeze even back when chromebooks were new . My plan has always been to reinstall when I ran into something that needed "real" linux. I'm still waiting for that something.
Anything I can't do locally I do in GCP where I keep a few systems powered down. I mount my homedir from a synology NAS in the closet. It's a workflow that works very well for me. There's even a globalprotect client for ChromeOS for those stodgy work connections. Tim On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 7:35 AM Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your post, Timothy. > > I have almost the same environment here: read/listen to books on smartphone > or tablet or Kindle, otherwise use a Chromebook ( rarely, I'll use my > MacBookPro). In fact, if I need a "real" linux ( or Windows ) environment, > I just create one in the cloud and then ssh/RDP into it from the > Chromebook. I can even do that from my tablets which have Bluetooth > keyboards. > > Have you ( or anyone else ) tried the dev_install script in the crosh shell > to then use emerge to install software in Chrome OS? I've been able to > install some things ( like tcpdump ), but not other things ( like gcc ). > > Have you ( or anyone else ) tried booting a different distro from either a > USB or SD card? If so, how did that go? I have not, yet, but that's in my > queue. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:40 PM Timothy Scoppetta <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I use a kindle for the original use case described but my Pixelbook Go is > > the best linux netbook (does that term still exist?) I've ever owned. I > run > > a full debian install in a container and have yet to find any app or tool > > (GUI or command line) that I can't get working locally. I haven't tried > > heavyweights like gimp or bitwig and I definitely wouldn't suggest > > compiling on it. > > > > Happy to answer any questions about existing in the ecosystem, I use it > > daily and for me it works great. > > > > This is the one I've had for a little under a year: > > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YMGQYP6/ > > -- > > Timothy Scoppetta > > > -- Timothy Scoppetta P: 845-459-3002 E: [email protected]
