My Chrome Notebook Is Just There

It’s at the point now where it just blends into my day. It doesn’t stand out as something I have to do or need to address. I was reminded of that again this weekend as I was applying updates to my Windows virtual machines and my Ubuntu machines. The Chrome Notebook was just sitting there, just working, and up to date.

In my quest for the cloud I’ve been gradually getting to the point where all of my desktop apps are replaceable. I’ve recently discovered that phpMyAdmin can do schema and data compares, eliminating the last hurdle for me to ditch SQLyog.  SQLyog is a good tool, but it’s Wine-based and requires installation giving it two strikes.  The third is that it’s pay software.

My most glaring needs are still an inexpensive way to test sites in IE and what I fear will be the biggest hurdle, a good integrated development environment. I just recently received my invite to Cloud9 IDE but at this point haven’t had time to really give it a good look.

So far so good.  Thanks again for the freebie, Google.