thanks. For us this is also a question of…. resources :) Because buying a machine is the cheap and easy part. So we will discuss to see what we do.
S. > On 9 Jun 2020, at 03:43, tbrunz <wild.id...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's important to get a Chromebook with an Intel CPU. The ARM-based > Chromebooks cannot run Crostini, so they do not have the option of running > Linux containers -- so, no Pharo on ARM Chromebooks! > > Also, it's important to get a later model, in order to get a Linux kernel > that supports containers on Chromebooks. Google does NOT update the Linux > kernel in ChromeOS; it updates everything else, but not the kernel version. > Be sure to get a model that is known to support Linux containers. > > (The reason is that Google heavily modifies the Linux kernel to support > Chromebook hardware, and they don't have a good, automated system for > applying & testing their modifications to later kernel versions. So.. no > kernel updates -- only packages & applications get updates.) > > Newer Chromebook models have newer kernels; only newer kernels include > container support, enabling them to run Pharo. But of course, since you > will, in effect, be running two OSes on the system, you will want a more > powerful CPU, more memory, and more SSD storage. > > As Olivier correctly points out, you should get a middle-level or > upper-level Chromebook for this. I have a Google Pixelbook (the lowest of 3 > versions) and it runs everything smoothly. His HP x360 14 is a very good > model as well. Today there are many powerful Chromebooks to choose from. > Just be aware of the considerations above. > > One more thing: Chromebooks not only run ChromeOS and "web apps", and now > run Android apps, and with Crostini run Linux apps, you can install Wine (or > Crossover) in Crostini and run Windows apps as well. (Everything except Mac > apps.) > > -t > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Aurore Dalle FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France
