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by wickedchicken 4991 days ago
Is your programming done via SSH to a linux desktop or VM? You can SSH from a chromebook no problem: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/secure-shell/pnhec...
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Most of mine is done offline, which is so far the dealbreaker for the Chromebook for me. I need to be able to run vim on a local filesystem on a plane. I hear it's possible to root the Chromebook though?
It's pretty straightforward, and as long as you don't modify the hardware it's completely reversible:

http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-information-fo...