Are Chromebooks a disaster for photography?

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Hi all,

I really like the idea of chromebooks, and for many of my uses (including programming on remote servers) they would work pretty well. But the problem really seems to be when I consider my needs for photography. (I had many of the same concerns when I was using Linux distributions - despite what people say, there isn't a usable alternative to Lightroom on Linux)
 
It's the only reason I still have Windows on my desktop at home. I use Linux for absolutely everything else.
 
And I don't know about you, but I don't particularly like the thought of using a virtual machine just for Lightroom.

But anyway, chromebooks are even more limited that a general linux distribution, so I guess they aren't really a runner for photography usage. The webapps I've seen have improved dramatically, but couldn't be considered to be lightroom substitutes yet
 
They are all part of the wave of dumbing down* that is passing from mobile devices to netbooks. For general purpose, lowest common denominator use only. "Nobody wants to do serious things these days."

*Removal of functionality, not simplification of use of the same functionality.
 
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Hi Ian, I'm not sure I'd agree with your comment about dumbing down. If someone wants to do serious work for the most part it's entirely possible with a Chromebook (via a remote server, crouton ubuntu installation, x11 forwarding, VNC, etc etc), however photography is still a challenge.
 
Keep pestering Adobe to do a vesion for Linux.get all your friends to do the same.
 
As long as people continue use Adobe, they won't bother. It's when people start moving to the competition that they will have to exert themselves.
trican said:
Hi Ian, I'm not sure I'd agree with your comment about dumbing down. If someone wants to do serious work for the most part it's entirely possible with a Chromebook (via a remote server, crouton ubuntu installation, x11 forwarding, VNC, etc etc), however photography is still a challenge.
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Do you mean use it as a remote screen and keyboard of another computer that is your own?

Sounds like something limited to techies only.
 
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They already ship with Windows and Mac, Linux has nearly the same market share as Mac, so maybe something to ask about.
 
ianp5a said:
As long as people continue use Adobe, they won't bother. It's when people start moving to the competition that they will have to exert themselves.
Do you mean use it as a remote screen and keyboard of another computer that is your own?

Sounds like something limited to techies only.
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That's true I suppose, and probably exactly the reason that Google tried to greatly simplify the process with Chrome Remote
 
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