The system using Linux is fast as the specs on this system are better than the minimum specs needed for a Chromebook. I have without much difficulty, (I'm leaving the Microsoft camp so my experience level with linus is limited) got inkscape, rawtherapee (photo editing), Krita, Hugin with dcraw, pencil2d, kdenlive, LMMS, Audacity, Filezilla up without to much trouble. And it out preforms the desktop which has better specs but slow because of how Windows handles drivers for video, photo, audio, et la.
I've not yet done a build of a github program, I've considered OBS but the build in capture to video from desktop or webcam may be all I need on this system. The learning curve to unleash OBS on a virtual linux might take some effort. But since FFMpeg runs so fast to convert video, (ffmpeg inputfile outputfile) I quickly make a video, convert it, and edit it in kden.
In fact because of this system I've created a USB live version of Ubuntu to be able to use on the desktop and Installed Apache and SSH server onto it. I tried svftpd but did not get the user file permissions correct and youtube videos using SSH (which also supports sftp) were better at the process.
The ChromeOS unleashed
Chrome creates a virtual machine to run linux in. The good part of this is it helps in preventing you from breaking it, or unknowing opening up ports to the outside world. You must specifically open ports within the chromeOS setup. But you can for example access linux from your system itself ... IE within terminal enter "ip addr" locate the IP address being given to the VM by chrome in my case 100.115.92.197 enter that into the browser and you can see the apache webserver on your chromebook, Yes it is included in the linux build. But to get other machines to see your webserver is going to take some work.
Chromebook leashed.
Leashed the chromebook has all the functionality of a browser and phone with all the applications in playstore and webstore which are growing.
Battery life
Using it as a Chromebook the battery lasts forever. But when I have http, php, et la services running in linux the power usage is a lot higher. Unleashed battery is about 5 hours, and as a chromebook I think its well over 8 hours, maybe even 12 if I take a break.
Touch Screen
This unit does not have a touch screen or the finger prints associated with a touch screen.
| Standing screen display size | 15.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Processor | 1.1 GHz celeron_n3450 |
| RAM | 4 GB LPDDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 2133 GHz |
| Hard Drive | 32 GB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Intel Celeron Processor N4000 |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 4 GB |
| Wireless Type | 801.11ac |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 10.5 Hours |
| National Stock Number | XE350XBA-K01US |
