Google drive chromebook

[Carl Parrish]

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 at 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
>
> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=13569>
> On Sep 8, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Michael <bmike1 at 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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