Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video]

Re:Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video] by resters on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:51PM (#18451927)

Ready for web development just as it starts to achieve price parity with a macbook. I'd argue that this is largely a failure of the initial vision of a lightweight OS that can run very well on low cost hardware.

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Re:Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video] by nbar1 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:53PM (#18451950)

Only the Google Chromebooks are priced high, and still isn't even close to the Macbook.

There are many offerings from other company for just a few hundred dollars that run Chrome OS.

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Re:Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video] by johnatwork on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @04:47PM (#18454327)

But those cheap Chromebooks won't run Crostini right?

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Re:Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video] by celkam on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @05:27PM (#18454749)

It depends on the kernel version and the CPU's virtualization support. I have a C101PA that I got before the price hike, and use it for hacking in lisp during my commutes.

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Re:Chrome OS: Ready for Web Development [video] by nine_k on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:53PM (#18451963)

It can likely run well on low-cost portable hardware.

But the web development tools likely won't run well on it.

(You can get plenty of power using a now low-cost box of Xeons from two generations ago. Likely not your use case, though.)

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