Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook for dev? What is your too...
by Simsor on Friday May 22, 2015 @10:56AM
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I have an Acer C200 (low-end Chromebook) running Crouton. I use it for all my day-to-day programming because it has great battery life (about 10 hours).
There are occasional slowdowns, mainly when using Firefox. The 16Gb of SSD are quite limiting, but it's usable.
I mainly develop using Emacs with various extensions. I've tried Eclipse and it wasn't even remotely powerful enough. I do Python, C++, Web dev and a bit of Common Lisp.
Be aware that dual-booting Linux isn't yet possible on BayTrail-powered Chromebooks because of compatibility issues with SeaBIOS.
There are occasional slowdowns, mainly when using Firefox. The 16Gb of SSD are quite limiting, but it's usable.
I mainly develop using Emacs with various extensions. I've tried Eclipse and it wasn't even remotely powerful enough. I do Python, C++, Web dev and a bit of Common Lisp.
Be aware that dual-booting Linux isn't yet possible on BayTrail-powered Chromebooks because of compatibility issues with SeaBIOS.