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I hope they allow to run the VMs on local hardware. I would love to use my desktop resources (more than they are offering, which is still generous) for this feature.

I think Chromebooks are going to be a great use for this. Lightweight client but full editor and environment, with no hassle.

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>I think Chromebooks are going to be a great use for this.

A great use for this if you don't mind losing the ability to run Ublock Origin and similar extensions when Google "upgrades" the software on the Chromebook to extension manifest V3.

That is relevant because most developers probably need to look stuff up on the web while they are working. Some of us really don't like ads.

I’m not sure if you can bring your own machine[1] with GitHub Codespaces, but you can with Visual Studio Codespaces, which has the same underlying tech/featureset. (Visual Studio Codespaces was known as Visual Studio Online until last week) it basically does exactly what you want, let’s you use your dedicated local resources on another machine or remotely via the browser or using VS Code proper.

I work at Microsoft on Azure but not with VS Codespaces or with GitHub Codespaces — I’m just a big fan/user/beta tester.

[1]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/bring-your-own-m...

Thank you, very interesting! I use IntelliJ mostly, and this is something I wish was available on that platform

FYI gitpod.io offers 16 CPU / 60 GB RAM, and works great on Chromebooks & iPads.

>gitpod.io . . . works great on . . . iPads

gitpod.io is tightly integrated with the Monaco editor; is it not?

I ask because the top of https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/ says, "The Monaco editor is not supported in mobile browsers or mobile web frameworks". Has Microsoft changed their policy and simply neglected to change the passage I just quoted?

You're right, Gitpod uses Theia, which uses Monaco, which doesn't officially support mobile browsers.

However, we do extensive testing of Gitpod and Theia on mobile devices, and work around bugs or contribute fixes upstream to Monaco when possible.

Gitpod/Theia users now report that the iPad experience is great, and we continue to push forward on improving it.

On the other hand, VS Codespaces blocks you with a "This browser is not supported" error page when you're not using Chrome. (Even pre-Chromium Edge is unsupported.) But you absolutely need Safari support to work on iPad (all browsers there are basically just Safari skins).

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