Andrew, you should look at http://codiad.com/ And The Chromebook became much more useful to me when android apps were able to run on one. But still mostly just cute rather than genuinely useful. However. this is a converged environment that could be a really killer app. On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:55 PM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > Great, I know there are web services that provide a sort of "IDE" > experience for us devs when it comes to programming, but I don't trust > those services 100%... So I really love the direction they are going. I > know Dell kicked out some Linux based Laptops with small memory, but they > are a joke from my experience. Like, they belong to a 10 year old. So > getting a sort of meaty piece of machine with some real functionality > sounds perfect. > > Andrew McRobb > Full-time Software Developer > Part-time Freelancer > mcrobb.info > > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > >> That is actually really cool to see/hear. I've liked their hardware, but >> a "web-based os" is pretty absurd to me as trying to do the job of an >> engineer on an tablet or phone. I could, but geez, why? Growing up with >> PC/Laptops, Chromebooks always struck me the drivel, but I've tried >> everything for years to run android apps under linux as the final killer >> app, and simply nothing works. I could tolerate the stupid webapp thing in >> the background if I can apt install nmap, wireshark, libreoffice, and other >> tools I use under linux on a chromebook, I think... >> >> -mb >> >> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Stephen Partington > > wrote: >> >>> So it appears that google is building up their ChromeOS again and adding >>> apt-get/apt so you can install full fledged Linux applications. >>> >>> This kind of makes a Chromebook a hugely useful device for me. >>> >>> https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-chrome-os-and-chromebooks- >>> get-new-app-muscle-with-built-in-linux/ >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen