Chromebook

“On the go: a Samsung Chromebook 550, so the old version of the $250 model. I use this to SSH into my development server, which consists of a series two Raspberry Pi. I keep my old 15 inch MacBook pro around for TF2 and to run more involved deployments on VMs.”— jfasi · 2013 · HN

“At home I use a $249 Samsung Chromebook and RDP into either a Mac Mini or Dell Windows PC. If WWDC brings a Macbook Air with at least a 1080p display, I'll switch to that.”— Splendor · 2013 · HN

“I really love my HP Chromebook 14. It comes with 4GB of RAM and the RAM is upgradeable. I've installed an Ubuntu chroot which had no issues with wifi/trackpad/etc. I'm on 13.10 but the new version is supported too. Everybody comments on its looks - I got the white one - and it wa”— jamesjguthrie · 2014 · HN

“Is your Chromebook intel? I had the "misfortune" of picking an ARM-based Chromebook haha, only bad thing so far is I can't install VS code. Geany... haha what is that?!!! Also the 4GB ram kind of sucks. How is GalliumOS to you? I use trusty (not os) primarily for i3.”— ge96 · 2017 · HN

“Dell Chromebook 2 with the i3 and 4g of ram running Fedora. It's sleek and has fantastic battery life, as well as enough processing power to compile stuff / watch HD videos. It was less than $400, highly recommended if you can find one. I have a new Ryzen PC and all I use it for ”— bunfunton · 2018 · HN

“I love my Chromebook. It runs Linux, not exactly Ubuntu but you can use apt-get. Ergonomically it's amazing and I love the flip keyboard. And now the sound works great. Read more in this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18205885”— xrd · 2018 · HN