[TriLUG] Chromebook specs: Was: Laptop recommendations

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

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> Full disclosure, I am not actively gigging anymore.  Finally got out of
> that circuit.  But I have used chromebooks for live audio as well as mobile
> multitrack recording.
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> These days 90% of my chromebook time is in emacs editing code.  I bought
> the R11 a year or so ago for around $300 and for that I got a machine I can
> run linux and chrome and android apps that was touch screen, convertible,
> everything worked, oh and the battery lasts a good 10 hours after 2 hours
> charging.  Hard to beat IMO.
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> As for minimum linux/crouton chromebook specs.
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> Intel based processor, yeah arm works but there are still plenty of
> packages that are not built for arm.  And in the audio realm that was too
> high for my tastes.
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> 4gb of ram is another minimum.
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> 32gb of ram if you want to run android apps and crouton.  16 gb just for
> crouton but it will get cramped especially if you want full blown open
> office and DE like unity or cinnamon.  I usually use openbox or qtile and
> well like I said emacs and org mode handles all my note taking needs, if I
> must have wysiwyg editing then I would just dive into google docs.  Lately
> though I just use emacs for everything and the dropbox app to sync what I
> need.
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> Ken
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