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Re:How Fat Does a Fat Binary Need to Be? by LordDragonfang on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:51PM (#26106241)
Many chromebooks are on ARM, and chromebooks all have the native ability to run a true linux shell at this point, and have for several years now.
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Re:How Fat Does a Fat Binary Need to Be? by greyandgreen on Thursday February 11, 2021 @03:33PM (#26106732)
I know a guy who long ago gave up MacBooks for Chromebooks for development. He programs the systems that keep HVAC/large refrigeration systems running. He buys a new machine every year and his company pays for it. Cheap. His last Chromebook had 8 GB RAM and his current one 16. For all intents and purposes, it's faster than any Mac or PC that you would use for programming and the horsepower needed is on a remote server. He can never lose any code or other project notes, photos, since they, too, live in the cloud. Not for everyone, obviously.
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Re:How Fat Does a Fat Binary Need to Be? by LordDragonfang on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:19AM (#26130559)
Oh, yeah, I have a chromebook with 8 GB of ram. It's a good dev machine.
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