Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux?

Posted by basicscholar on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:37PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Which chromebook will you recommend to run linux? or another kind of computer? I'm just interested in a C compiler, gdb, etc. Just to experiment. But I don't want to install any distro in my actual computer neither installing virtual box, etc. Thank you for your answers.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by orionblastar on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:22AM (#11719717)

http://www.cygwin.com/

No need to use a virtual machine or install Linux. Just install Cygwin for a Linux command line environment.

I heard that Microsoft is adding an Ubuntu environment to Windows 10 in the future. But you can use Cygwin right now.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by avail on Thursday May 19, 2016 @06:31AM (#11729175)

The 'Ubuntu' environment has been around on Windows Insider Preview builds for a while now ;)

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by BillBohan on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:20AM (#11719712)

I was going to mention CHIP for $9 https://getchip.com/ but in the time it took me to login somebody posted the Pi zero for $5 so I probably needn't mention it. I will anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by therealidiot on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:34AM (#11720356)

None of those are really available to the public though

It's a pain, the CHIP looks like it's going to be really cool

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by digitalien1 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:58PM (#11719620)

I think you can run most distros of Linux from a Live CD or USB and never actually install it. I could be completely wrong, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by rman666 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:41PM (#11719565)

Raspberry Pi

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by AJAlabs on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:11AM (#11719672)

Pi zero is only $5

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Re:Ask HN: Cheapest computer to run linux? by DrScump on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:45PM (#11719580)

Chromebook?

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