Ask HN: Would you run your startup on Chromebooks?

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I just bought a ~$300 HP Chromebook and it runs great. I'm embedded in the Google ecosystem, apps, etc. I haven't done it yet, but my next step is to start running linux on my chromebook for development.

Not including the Pixel, has anyone else made this leap? Any have a startup that runs on mostly Chromebooks? Would you make the leap?

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Possibly for Customer Success, Sales or Administrative roles.

But you simply cannot replace a workstation with a Chromebook (yet).

On the other hand, I am somehow uncomfortable with placing everything into the hands of one company. Yes, we use Google Apps for Work, but also quite a lot of other tools. I am not sure how these would run on one of these machines.

Also, never fix a running system (from our point of view) ;)

I bought a Samsung chromebook and basically it was useless as a workstation, but I bought a 32 gig sd card and installed ubuntu on it. Now i can switch between chromeos and ubuntu with a few keystrokes. I am able to develop ansible code , python code on this machine. I also have dosbox, Vice C64 emulator on this sd card . I also installed openvpn on the machine and can vpn into our network and do my work. It is a great computer because it is light and the battery life is good.

That's a great idea. I'm having trouble with Crosh and I'm certainly a big fan of being able to switch easily between ubuntu / chrome os.

A Chrome book seems pretty silly for anything besides basic testing

Not really no. If you do, something like https://koding.com/ might help?

No, I love working on a mac (hardware and software).

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