[HN Gopher] I Use a Chromebook
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       I Use a Chromebook
        
       Author : devonnull
       Score  : 6 points
       Date   : 2022-09-13 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.aboutchromebooks.com)
        
       | HeavenBanned wrote:
       | There can be a serious argument made for getting chromebooks out
       | to the 3rd/2nd world. Honestly, we don't _need_ to "do more" (as
       | the article plainly points out) and can get people connected and
       | productive in no time. Sure, it has its drawbacks
       | (crapware/spyware/bloatware) but if that offsets the cost of
       | production and profits then basically...why not?
        
       | samoit wrote:
       | Instead of using a "free of spyware/crapware operating system"
       | you use a crap laptop with low specs. But wait, its so useless
       | that it has to emulate a real linux to do something usefull...
       | and as nobody is developing "apps/webs" for "native" cromiumOS
       | you also need another layer of emulation for android. Hummm, no
       | thank you I will keep with my debian runing...
        
       | steve_john wrote:
       | Chromebooks have come a long way since they were introduced in
       | 2011. They can be 2-in-1s, run almost any app on the planet with
       | Chrome Remote Desktop, play Chrome OS games, and run Google and
       | Android apps like Skype, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google
       | Assistant, WhatsApp, and many more
        
         | romwell wrote:
         | > run almost any app on the planet with Chrome Remote Desktop
         | 
         | You must be kidding, right?
         | 
         | By that standard, my _monitor_ can run any app in the world...
         | as long as I plug it into a computer that runs it!
         | 
         | Thin clients have been a thing for a while. They don't _run_
         | apps. That 's the point.
        
           | panny wrote:
           | >You must be kidding, right?
           | 
           | No, he's not. You can run Android applications on the device,
           | they're not running remotely. You can also run Linux
           | applications using Crostini, on the device.
           | 
           | The real limitation I found with either of these approaches
           | is that they are sandboxed in such a way as the apps are
           | always hobbled. Android applications can only reach a
           | sandboxed file system. Linux apps can't use GPU. Neither can
           | read USB storage. Stuff like that.
           | 
           | Some of those may be fixed now, but after trying for a couple
           | of years, I eventually gave up on ChromeOS ever working as
           | advertised in that regard. Running applications on ChromeOS
           | is a sort of toy feature that might work, but if it doesn't,
           | don't expect any attention in making it work, because you're
           | the weirdo trying to run apps on ChromeOS.
        
           | tshaddox wrote:
           | > By that standard, my monitor can run any app in the
           | world... as long as I plug it into a computer that runs it!
           | 
           | Well, yeah, and if someone says your monitor sucks because it
           | can't even run apps, that's exactly what your response would
           | be. That's not a slight against your monitor or against a
           | Chromebook.
        
       | panny wrote:
       | I use a Chromebook. I don't use ChromeOS. I buy the loss leader
       | hardware, install coreboot from mrchromebox.tech, then wipe the
       | internal drive of ChromeOS and install Linux. I can get a higher
       | spec mid-range laptop for a lower price. 8GB of RAM and an i5 is
       | plenty for me.
        
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