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A comment on Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web development?.

Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by ponyous on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:12AM (#4083270)
I asked friend who bought Chromebook same question. He is also a web developer (Mainly frontend). He said it definitely isn't like normal PC but there are still good alternatives. He mentioned http://shiftedit.net/. I would paste all e-mails but unfortunately they are slovenian. If you have any specific question just ask.
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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by rtdp on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:16AM (#4083278)
Does chromebook have a shell where i can ssh to my servers ? I mean, i have seen ssh apps for chorme browser and those work with chromebook, but its still browser.

I just need a browser- which chromebook has and a shell - just two things i need for everyday development.

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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by tapoxi on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:37AM (#4083323)
Pressing Ctrl-Alt-T drops you into a limited shell called Crosh, which supports SSH connections. Google also has a native client SSH implementation available here, the advantage being you can load many of them into different tabs: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pnhechapfaindjhomp...
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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by rtdp on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:56AM (#4083359)
crosh is what i was looking for.. awesome !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS#Shell_access
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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by Osiris on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:25AM (#4083301)
Yes. I'm not sure about normal mode but in developer mode there's a shell with SSH you can use. The shell can also run in a browser tab, so you can switch between tabs. In the new window manager you could even have different terminals open side-by-side.
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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by duiker101 on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:34AM (#4083318)
this one was posted on HN https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pnhechapfaindjhomp...

I also found this two things that might be useful to you: http://ssh-chrome.sourceforge.net/ http://shiftedit.net/

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Re:Ask HN: Google Chromebook - anybody using it for web deve... by alexhawdon on Friday June 08, 2012 @04:32AM (#4083315)
Not specifically a Chromebook thing but I've also used ShiftEdit quite happily for a few web projects. There's also Cloud9 which looks good.
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