I think native apps for chromeos is chrome browser based. CB can
run Android apps but they are non-native. Android apps may not
give good ux on CB.

Sat, 29 Jun 2019, Bill Harris написал(а):
> I like Chromebooks, but I haven't installed J there yet.
> 
> Two thoughts come to mind.
> 
> First, many / most CBs support Android apps, so perhaps you can install the
> Android version.
> 
> Second, you can also run "Linux apps" (I think they mean packages) on
> ChromeOS.  See
> https://www.computerworld.com/article/3314739/how-to-use-linux-apps-on-chrome-os.html.
> The only thing that seems missing in that description is installing a
> package that's not part of a standard repo, but that doesn't mean it's
> impossible.
> 
> I like the sound of these approaches better than enabling developer mode:
> as I understand it, enabling developer mode shuts off some of the security
> features ChromeOS is known for.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 10:15 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Patrick,
> >
> > I'm not familiar with chromebook. What is the CPU in your CB? Is
> > it 64-bit x86_64? Or does it have avx?
> > Perhaps you can get from output of
> > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> >
> > For Qt, apparently Qt lib has not installed. You may try
> > $ sudo apt install qt5-default
> >
> > Sun, 30 Jun 2019, J. Patrick Harrington написал(а):
> > > I'm taking a trip out of the US and don't want to take my good computer
> > > along, but I'd like something for email & looking at photos I take.
> > > I found that Chromebooks are really cheap: I picked up a Dell 11.6"
> > > Chromebook at Best Buy for $129.00. The neat thing is that you can load
> > > Ubuntu linux by using a special key combination to put it into "developer
> > > mode"; then you can switch back and forth with the Chrome OS with just
> > one
> > > keystroke. You have to do a bit of work, like replacing the horrid
> > "Netsurf"
> > > browser with Firefox, installing openssh, installing gimp to process your
> > > pictures, etc.
> > > But ... of course I had to install J. j64-807 does install, but still has
> > > problems. Jconsole works fine for numerical stuff, but plot fails with
> > sh:
> > > 1: : Permission denied. Viewmat almost works. But jhs does work,
> > > so I can get plots there. Unfortunately, jqt will need some work: it
> > fails
> > > with libQt5Core.so.5: No such file or directory. Still, these problems
> > may
> > > have a solution, and if so, this is a really inexpensive way to run J.
> > I've
> > > not seen Chromebooks mentioned here -- anyone else used one?
> > >
> > > Regards, Patrick
> > >
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