Last year my development system was 2 different computers. One as a terminal that I would then ssh (proxy) into a second machine in order to VPN to my client’s DC. And when I needed a browser I would have to use the proxy’s console. This was a passable environment until both systems started to degrade and then finally die.

I replaced them with two laptops for a while and that worked for a while but then I wanted a standing desk… so about 3 months ago I converted my DEV environment into a single POPOS installation with twin 34in monitors. I added some DNS and routing tricks on top of OVPN and got split DNS working. That was fantastic until Ubuntu or amdgpu started generating memory errors. Sadly even though it’s a real thing it’s not getting any attention from the developers.

Fast forward…

• split routing is not possible on Android but development is somewhat possible
• my hpdevone which runs POPOS works fine but does have it’s own quirks
• I finally got an OpenBSD installation working with split DNS and the two monitors but the Intel NUC it’s running on is pegged
• Amazingly I have

I tried to get ChromeOS to do some split routing but that was a FAIL… I did however get some parts working.

• install flatpak
• install firefox
• edit the dnsmasq.conf

and voila I have a working ChromeOS.

The only sad parts….

• the IntelNUC is pagged and the fan is loud
• firefox on ChromeOS Linux is slow