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0 pointsnumbsafari6y ago0 comments

Give a Pixel Book a try.

It has plenty of differences from Mac OS, but most of them are positive.

If Google could get Adobe on-board with Linux support, and built a consumer foot-print a la Apple, I'd probably go there.

Dealing with their crappy third-party resellers is just a non-starter. It says that Google doesn't stand behind their own product with their own customer service, and I just can't abide that.

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zchrykng6y ago

> It has plenty of differences from Mac OS, but most of them are positive.

Like what? The lack of all desktop software? It is only even halfway decent if you live out of a web browser.

abnry6y ago

With crostini you can now run linux apps. It is still in beta.

agloeregrets6y ago

I tried this by the way, you pay in performance in a big way. Even if you don’t need hardware acceleration the general compile performance is bad, about 3X longer on a large angular project than a MacBook Air.

zchrykng6y ago

Ah, good to know. Haven't tried Chromebooks in a while because I didn't want only a browser. Might revisit when this hits stable.

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Abishek_Muthian6y ago

>If Google could get Adobe on-board with Linux support

Google may convince Adobe to make one for Android like in iPad Pro which will function fine on Chromebook, there's no reason for Adobe to start supporting Linux.

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0 pointsnumbsafari6y ago0 comments

Give a Pixel Book a try.

It has plenty of differences from Mac OS, but most of them are positive.

If Google could get Adobe on-board with Linux support, and built a consumer foot-print a la Apple, I'd probably go there.

Dealing with their crappy third-party resellers is just a non-starter. It says that Google doesn't stand behind their own product with their own customer service, and I just can't abide that.

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zchrykng6y ago

> It has plenty of differences from Mac OS, but most of them are positive.

Like what? The lack of all desktop software? It is only even halfway decent if you live out of a web browser.

abnry6y ago

With crostini you can now run linux apps. It is still in beta.

agloeregrets6y ago

zchrykng6y ago

Ah, good to know. Haven't tried Chromebooks in a while because I didn't want only a browser. Might revisit when this hits stable.

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Abishek_Muthian6y ago

>If Google could get Adobe on-board with Linux support

Google may convince Adobe to make one for Android like in iPad Pro which will function fine on Chromebook, there's no reason for Adobe to start supporting Linux.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse