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How to Install Atom.io on Chomebook

Jack Keck on January 12, 2019

Assumptions You have a Linux-capable Chromebook. You can check here. You have already enabled Linux. You can follow instructions here. My Environm...
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Andy Hopwood

I just got a chromebook the other day! Same steps for installing vscode...I also open that in the same way you open atom

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Jack Keck

How well does vscode work on the chromebook? I opted towards Atom given how light weight it is.

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Andy Hopwood

Yeah it's pretty good so far. They're almost the same anyway. Both electron based apps. That's what makes them so light weight

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Nice, what's it like writing code on your Chromebook? Do you find it pretty comparable with writing on any other typical PC/Linux laptop or Macbook?

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Jack Keck • Edited

It’s not horrible. I wanted something less expensive to tool around on and it gets the job done. With the Crostini project, it hits the same spot for me that I get when I can pop a shell on a MacBook. It can be a bit laggy if I have too many tabs open while I’m running Atom and Terminal but nothing egregious.

I’m also toying with it as a thin client for AWS Workspaces. That’s a pretty smooth experience as well; minus the lack of support for hotkeys :(

Can’t beat a $169 dev box tho :)

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Phoenix (The Cat OS Owner) #StayHome

I can't seem to Install it.