[Lilug] Chromebook Question

Andrew T. Stager andrew1523 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 29 14:37:47 PDT 2016


When it comes to laptops I have a soft spot for Dell Latitudes. I find them
well built and I've fallen in love with their keyboard layout.

I'm surprised they made the ’ESC' key soft, I think Timmy C is getting out
of touch with the user, he seems to be preoccupied with other things...

On Oct 29, 2016 12:30, "Christopher Merlo" <cmerlo441 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everybody.  Long time, no post.  I've been living a virtually 100%
> Apple lifestyle lately - three Macs, iPhone, Apple Watch - and so, other
> than my server at school, I haven't had a lot of Linux in my life lately.
>
> But the latest couple of announcements from the Apple Adapter Company
> might change that for me.  The OLED strip on the new MacBook Pros just
> isn't enough to make me overlook all the other anti-Pro decisions they seem
> to have made.  I'm not running out today to sell my Macs, but when the time
> comes, I don't think I'll be replacing them with Macs.
>
> Which brings me to my question.  If I invest in a really powerful desktop
> machine for home, what's the feasibility of spending a whole lot less on a
> Chromebook (I already use things like Google Docs a bit anyway), and using
> Crouton to switch to an X environment and ssh into home for the hard stuff,
> like running LaTeX or compiling code?  Is anyone doing that?  Should I
> think about splitting the money differently, and getting a nicer laptop?
> Maybe spend a lot on a laptop, use that for everything, and just get a nice
> monitor for home?
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.  I've probably got a couple of years
> before I have to decide.
> -Chris
>
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