Re:Google Pixel C Review
by nextos on Monday January 25, 2016 @06:32PM
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Not only that. But they are also doing odd stuff with the hardware, although most users probably don't care about this.
The Pixel C had the potential to be a very nice open machine. It's even shipped with the Nouveau driver. And it runs Coreboot. But sadly Coreboot is locked down in this particular case.
Also, I don't get why they mess up with the keyboard layout. Many useful keys have been removed like tilde or backslash. Yes, they are accesible via a sort-of-compose-key labeled "...". But then I need to retrain my muscle memory.
It's otherwise a fantastic machine, so I'm a bit sad for the missed opportunities.
The Pixel C had the potential to be a very nice open machine. It's even shipped with the Nouveau driver. And it runs Coreboot. But sadly Coreboot is locked down in this particular case.
Also, I don't get why they mess up with the keyboard layout. Many useful keys have been removed like tilde or backslash. Yes, they are accesible via a sort-of-compose-key labeled "...". But then I need to retrain my muscle memory.
It's otherwise a fantastic machine, so I'm a bit sad for the missed opportunities.