Bill >The battery etc on my Android is not near what is required for a server. >However the situation in my HP 14 Chromebook may well make it suitable as a >24/7 server! The battery is easily removable, making it easy to run the >machine from house mains for normal use resorting to batteries only when >traveling - and those are supposedly good for 10 hours.
>By leaving the Chromebook in Developmental mode and running a chroot called >~Crouton one can presumably have a recent version of Ubuntu simultaneous with >the ChromeOS. i could then run JHS server on Ubuntu and a client in ChromeOS >on the same machine at the same time. Supposedly there is little overlap in >their file systems. They do share the same download directory though, so it >may be enough for a client server relationship. At the same time the machine >could actually be a server for the rest of my machines, eg my Android (an Acer >Iconia Tab 101)! ---~ https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: bill lam <[email protected]> to: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 17:55 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Chromebook For experimentation, try wifi tethering an android to the cb and run a JHS server on the android. -- from: Skip Cave <[email protected]> reply-to: [email protected] to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 16:48 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Chromebook Eric, >You should publish the steps for creating a JHS server on AWS on the J >Software site. I know you can get a free linux machine from AWS for free for a >year. Skip Skip Cave Cave Consulting LLC -- from: Eric Iverson <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 13:44 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Chromebook >I run a JHS server for weeks without trouble on a free (for a year and then >pretty cheap) AWS linux machine. Everything is under your control. All you >need is an internet connection for the browser on your Chromebook. If you have >any problems setting this up or using it, I would like to know so that we can >fix it. -- from: greg heil <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 13:12 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Chromebook >Would be great especially for keeping a constant view across devices:) >Unfortunately their are a few hurdles: keeping it up 24/7, particularly when i >am out of the house which is what the Chromebook is for. 2) Connection: >accessing that server: getting through the firewalls, finding an internet >connection for the CB, and knowing what the current IP is for the server >machine... It could work much easier if their were a more general JHS server. >Maybe when a battle hardened JHS arrives. greg ~krsnadas.org -- from: Eric Iverson <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 12:54 subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Chromebook I'd use JHS with a server. -- from: greg heil <[email protected]> to: General forum <[email protected]> date: 27 June 2014 12:45 subject: Chromebook >Is their an easy way to get J on a Chromebook? Or must one convert it to an >Ubuntu laptop? greg ~krsnadas.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
