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" I’d love to be able to have access to a shell and the ability to install vim + screen + git + a web server"

I can't help thinking thats beside the point and exactly what google are not designing this for.

I think that point is that, like with the iPhone, people want the ability to 'flip a switch' to be able to go beyond the 'canned' experience. Apple wants to force you to only stay within the canned experience, but I would expect a little more from Google. Sure it's not what they are designing it for, but I don't necessarily think that people are expecting support for these actions from Google.

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