Slant community chat on Discourse| 3 Recommended Products | Recommendations | Price | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 Use a Cloud IDE | 13 | 0 | – | Jun 27, 2017 |
| #2 Crouton to boot into an Ubuntu session· · · | 3 | 1 | – | Jul 18, 2017 |
| #3 SSH into a remote machine | 2 | 0 | – | Jul 18, 2017 |
Pro Code, build, run, share almost everything on your Chromebook
Some cloud based IDEs provide access to personal VMs or Docker containers where you can do everything that can be done in Linux. Another IDEs provide awesome ability to share your project with the URL or free tier for apps.
Pro No need to be online always.
There is no need to be connected to the Internet all the time to work. Although chrome machines usually are not so powerful and they can't be used for tasks needing high computing (such as code compilation, data processing) but Crouton at least allows to work (like coding, version controlling...
Pro Easily switch between ChromeOS and Ubuntu
Crouton allows for the use to alt+tab back and forth from ChromeOS to Ubuntu seamlessly. No rebooting the device, no logging out.
Pro It requires a remote machine to SSH into
These can be rented or purchased.
Pro UI tools cannot be used
Only command line tools are supported so popular IDEs are not available.
Con Doesn't work offline
This needs an active Internet connection. Mosh can be used in case the connection is not reliable, but still it's a must.
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