---
id: 1821
title: And Then, No More PixelBook
date: 2019-02-25T20:11:59-06:00
author: don
layout: post
guid: https://www.duckland.org/?p=1821
permalink: /2019/02/and-then-no-more-pixelbook/
tags:
  - pixelbook
  - R810
  - Ubuntu
---
So, when we were <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="last here (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.duckland.org/2019/01/12-months-of-chrome-os/" target="_blank">last here</a>, I was talking about how I had been happily using my <a href="/category/os/chromeos/pixelbook/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="PixelBook (opens in a new tab)">PixelBook</a> for a year, and everything was just fine. Then, life happened, and things changed, and I found myself working out of the house for a while.

Why should this be a problem? Well, the program I use to remote into the office has a desktop client as well as a web-based one. Under Chrome OS, all I could figure out how to use was the HTML5 web based one. The HTML5 one is fine for the getting and checking email and doing web work. However, it leaves a lot to be desired for any development work.

So, I went back to the trusty <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="HP R810 (opens in a new tab)" href="/category/hardware/r810/" target="_blank">HP R810</a> again. This time, I am trying out <a href="https://ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Ubuntu 18.10 (opens in a new tab)">Ubuntu 18.10</a> with Gnome. I have been at it for about 6 weeks now, and I am still liking it. Even though this is an older laptop, the performance has been very good and it has handled everything I have thrown at it.