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I recommend the Asus Flip Chromebook (running Debian under Crouton for development) or a refurbished Lenovo X2xx series.

The ASUS is tiny for travel. The X2xx is larger, still pretty mobile, and built like a tank (military spec moisture and dust resistance).

As a side-note, the ASUS died on me during my India trip due to moisture.

I second the lenovo recommendation. An X220t with 16gb ram and ssd would fit your needs and budget for sure!

Not to mention the optional 2nd mSATA SSD!

> The ASUS is tiny for travel. The X2xx is larger, still pretty mobile, and built like a tank (military spec moisture and dust resistance).

The X205ta is not robust and not recommended if you want to run Linux, unless you enjoy painful noodling to get anything working.

It's a nice machine for what it is (A windows 10 machine for Youtube video and social media).

Parent didn't recommend an Asus Eeebook X205TA but a Lenovo ThinkPad X series tablet.