As per the title - anyone using a chromebook with chrubuntu or crouton for dev? What are your impressions? I'm looking for a new machine that will be predominantly an "on the road" laptop - I want something light and quick and I'm trying to decide if a chromebook would fit the bill or if I should just stump up and get a macbook air?
I just bought one a couple of days ago. I am still playing around with crouton, I haven't installed chrubuntu yet, but it seems like it might be a better option.<p>Another thing that I have been looking at is online IDEs. I have tried codenvy.com and devtable.com. These both look promising, but I have used my quota of Google Appengine Apps trying them out. I have to wait a few more days to really give them a good try.<p>The real reason I bought another computer was to replace my original laptop. It was perfectly fine except the screen broke. I would have fixed the screen, but I wasn't sure exactly what the problem was and it would cost as much as a Chromebook.<p>I ended up getting the Acer C7 model with 2GB of RAM and a 16GB ssd. Overall, I am satisfied, but I am figuring somethings out. If nothing works, I can remote desktop into my old laptop.<p>I would recommend the Acer over the Samsung because the Acer is much more fixable and upgradeable. I plan on adding either 4 or 8GB of ram to this. I might also swap out for a plain 250GB laptop hard drive. The battery is also swappable, but the 4-5 hours I get is enough for me.
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