And a large number of chromebooks also have access to run android apps via
the google play store.
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 5:00 PM Carl Parrish <
cparrish@carlparrish.com>
wrote:
> I have a Google Pixel Book 2. While I do still carry my MBP around with me
> I find I increasingly don't need it. The cloud 9 IDE (
> https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/?p=tile) is pretty good. If you work with
> VS Code https://stackblitz.com/ is very close to being all you need. I
> prefer Webstorm myself and now can run the Linux version natively on my
> pixelbook before I could with Cruton -
> https://www.linux.com/learn/how-easily-install-Ubuntu-Chromebook-crouton%20 -
> but as long as I have an internet connection and can access AWS or ssh into
> my servers there is nothing stopping me from getting real work done from my
> Chromebook. I have 64 gb of hard drive space I think if I was going to do
> it again I would upgrade to the 128 GB (now that I can run docker on my
> Chromebook a bit of hard drive space is nice) but with 3 TB of cloud space
> (I think that came with 3 years through Google) I'm not hurting with it as
> a laptop at all.
>
> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 9:23 AM Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:
>
>> Always remember that a Chromebook is ment to be a connected device. I
>> use mine all the time. But while it can replace my desktop 70%-80% of the
>> time, there are times as a Linux professional where I need a laptop. So, I
>> still have my Arch laptop (for software development because it has better
>> tools than online and a bigger screen). So I try to only store locally
>> what I MUST. Passwords are stored via LastPass so they move between
>> Chromebook and Desktop. Files are stored on Google Drive or Dropbox for
>> the same reason.
>>
>> There is a local download on your Chromebook, but I would really try not
>> to use that for anything that is not ephemeral. It is how the device was
>> designed to be used.
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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>> On Sep 8, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I got a chromebook. I just figured out how to open the file manager for
>>> it (yeaaa me!) but I can't figure out where the "Downloads" is saved. Is
>>> that saved on the computer? I think so but I just want a verification
>>>
>>> --
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
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