Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Optimized for Chromebooks

Re:Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Opt... by debbiedowner on Saturday January 11, 2020 @12:53PM (#22021223)

How does this compare to GaliumOS? Ive been using that on <$150 chromebooks with great pleasure: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Hardware_Compatibility

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Re:Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Opt... by washadjeffmad on Saturday January 11, 2020 @01:55PM (#22021604)

It doesn't seem to be a full feature OS, just something to use if you want a static, prepared Linux environment for git to drop into quickly to develop on a Chromebook.

Check the .config to see what's provided.

Gallium is a local install. FireOS is live only and works out of git, so nothing is left behind.

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Re:Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Opt... by thom on Saturday January 11, 2020 @06:11PM (#22023080)

I had regrets after buying my boy a Chromebook and ended up upgrading him to GalliumOS and it's been great. Everything works, performance and battery life are fine, and he can actually... do stuff.

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Re:Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Opt... by ericskiff on Saturday January 11, 2020 @10:46PM (#22024326)

I’m thinking about getting something along these lines. What chrome book did you get?

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Re:Customizable Tiny Linux OS for Your Development Needs Opt... by debbiedowner on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:40PM (#22028158)

I use Gallium on the super cheap Acer Chromebook 11. If I were to upgrade I would get something with more pixels, and perhaps more built in storage.

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